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Robert G. Wolfe

First Posted: 12/19/2012 The Lackawanna County Office of Environmental Sustainability would like to advise all residents that as of January 24, 2013, landfills in Pa. will no longer be allowed to accept electronics under the provisions set forth in the Covered Device Recycling Act (Act 108) of 2010. 
Items such as laptops, desktops, monitors, televisions and computer peripherals will no longer be able to be collected via curbside pickup or dumpster refuse. Municipal and private haulers will not be able to dispose of these items in a landfill or other solid waste facilities. The items must be recycled. 
Barbara Giovagnoli, the County's community outreach coordinator and education specialist, noted that the Lackawanna County Recycling Center accepts these types of electronics free-of-charge on a daily basis. This would be the most prudent and environmentally sound way to dispose of them, she said. 
Another suggestion she said, might be to donate them to a school, nonprofit organization or a civic/religious group. 
The goals of Act 108 are to help protect the environment from hazardous components, illegal dumping and conserving landfill capacity and to get into the habit of recycling to save natural resources. 
For further information on either Act 108 or recycling protocol, contact Giovagnoli at 570.963.2017, ext. 1.

Recycling law to start Jan. 24