AURORA | Aurorans looking to get rid of old electronics can “e-cycle” them through a partnership between Techno Rescue and the city between May 9 and 14.

Colorado law prohibits electronics such as laptops and cellphones from being thrown away in landfills because those devices often contain toxic chemicals that can escape into the environment.

Techno Rescue — located at 3251 Lewiston St., Suite 10, in north Aurora — is partnering with the city to safely recycle unwanted electronics. The facility will be open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on weekdays, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays. Attendees will be charged $5 for loads of electronics that can fit in a standard grocery bag and $10 for larger loads.

Additional charges for specific electronics include:

  • $5 for each liquid-crystal-display (LCD) monitor.
  • $30 for any flat-screen television and for cathode-ray-tube (CRT) monitors and televisions as large as 32 inches.
  • $40 for each floor-model printer.
  • $50 for CRT monitors and televisions 33 inches or larger.
  • $100 for each digital-light-processing (DLP), projection and console televisions.

Some select items will not be accepted, including light bulbs, household batteries and any equipment containing mercury or freon. A full list of unacceptable items is available at AuroraGov.org/Recycle under the “Electronics Recycling” tab.

Additional recycling opportunities are planned Sept. 26-Oct. 1 and Dec. 27-30, as well as Jan. 2-7, 2023.

3 replies on “City of Aurora and Techno Rescue offering second life for unwanted electronics”

  1. We will see if this is a sustainable idea or business model. I have no faith that current citizens in Aurora or anywhere will pay the published amounts to recycle or basically, any amount.

    I hope I’m wrong but I don’t see a long business life for Techno Rescue.

  2. I had a comment here but, alas, it was censored. I don’t recall the basic words but mostly said this recycle effort had little chance for success.

  3. Hey Dave and shorthanded Sentinel Editorial staff, I’m getting more of a feel for how you are handling your censorship and it seems maybe it’s just all about the timing of your censorship, sometimes but not always.

    Try this. This article came out on 4/29 and I make my first post that same day. I thought I skipped a day before I sent my second comment but you say it was a day later, so that would be on 4/30. The two comments then show up together finally on 5/4, today.

    I suppose this article and comments will go into the Sentinel archives later today, or at least the next couple of days. You can now truthfully say that I was technically not censored. Interesting? Even though I was censored for most of the days the article was published.

    The Editorial Staff told me under another cover that there is no conspiracy to your censorship except for censoring libel, disinformation and foul language. I’m trying real hard to believe that statement. I’ll keep trying to believe, so help me.

    Maybe to take censorship as you define it, more accurate, would be to post all the comments first, then eliminate later with your short handed staff.

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