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If 10,000 Chicago Biters recycle their TVs instead of dumping them, we’ll save almost 500 times a surfer babe’s weight in toxic chems from ending up in landfills and contaminating groundwater.

The last big television transition - from B/W to color - took 22 years to catch on. Color TV debuted in 1950, but it wasn’t until 1972 that more than half of American television households had a color set.

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Dude, can your analog TV ride the digital wave? The national transition deadline (when all broadcast signals go digi) is next year, so make your move with one of two TV-land appropriate options: a spin-off (buy a converter box) or syndication (recycle it). Goose Island’s Household Recycling Center – a rippin’ rerun heaven for electronics - will safely put your tired tube to rest for free. The facility will remove and recycle salvageable components, and safely dispose of the rest. Old TVs can do serious damage to the environment, leaking 4 to 8 lb of lead, cadmium, mercury, and other dangerous chems into waterways and polluting groundwater. So recycling our old set will save on natural resources for that fancy plasma we’ve been eyeing. Gnarly.

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City of Chicago’s Household Chemicals and Computer Recycling Center, 1150 N. North Branch St. b/t Division St. and Chicago Ave., off of Halsted St. (City info line: 311). Open for drop-offs Tues., Thur., and the first Sat. of the month.

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Mar 31,2008

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