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The Town of Cary was the first in the state to offer curbside pickup of discarded computers for recycling. Only in the past two or three years have local governments begun to realize that old computers in landfills can cause serious health problems because they contain toxic heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury and chromium.
In 1998, over 20 million personal computers became obsolete in the United States, according to the National Safety Council with about half a million of these in Triangle homes. The first seven months of the computer recycling program in Cary has substantially reduced the waste of computers in landfills.
If your computer is in working order, please consider reusing it by donating it to one of the following organizations:
- Absolute Computers at 101 Woodwinds Industrial Ct, Suite A, in Cary, (919) 468-3999
- Advantage Computer: Accepting working AND non-working computers @ 919-303-5626, 1424 Holt Road, Cary, NC 27519. Offer curbside pickup within 4 hours. email: RTP@RTPinternet.com
- LCI Recycles at 4500 Emperor Blvd in Durham, (919) 596-8277
- PC Proven Care, LLC in Holly Springs, (919) 577-0156
- TechnologyRecycler.Net in Cary, (919) 647-9624
If your computer is obsolete (very old), broken, or otherwise unsuitable for donation, call the Public Works and Utilities Department at (919) 469-4090 to schedule a pick-up. All computers that are collected at curbside are slated for the Town's processor and cannot be accessed by others.
Public Works & Utilities Department Homepage
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