Check out http://www.norwalkcity.com/2010/01/electronic-waste-collection-event/ for the next electronics recycling event in the City of Norwalk.
Recycling has been a huge topic in the past few years due to the green initiatives and influential films and books by former Vice President Al Gore. Most residents of Norwalk city gets three trash bins per household – black bin for general trash, blue bin for recyclables, and a green bin for plant composts. The blue recyclable bin can be used to recycle paper items (newspapers,junk mails and flyers, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, and etc.), cardboard boxes, metals (aluminum, tin, wire hangers, aerosol cans, etc.), and plastics (even your plastic bags).
But did you know that you can not dump your computer desktops, CRT and LCD monitors, hard drives, ink toners, printers, and old television sets in your black or blue trash bins? These electronic equipments contains hazardous components that is unwanted in a land fill. So what exactly do you do with it if you can’t trash it?
AllGreenRecycling firm has many drop off locations in Southern California for electronics recycling. The website is http://www.allgreenrecycling.com/dropoff/california/ . I called the main number to see if the Norwalk branch is still operating but the operator told me that it might closed now and I was unable to reach them via phone. The Cerritos branch is open and is inside a Verizon retail store. Their address is 13315 South Street, Cerritos 90703. The store has long operating hours and the process of dropping off your electronics are simple and fast.