Gardiner weighs future of electronic recycling program

Laura Fitzgerald
Posted 2/20/19

The Gardiner town board is considering either charging for electronics recycling or discontinuing the program.

Recycling electronics involves labor and materials. Several other towns either …

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Gardiner weighs future of electronic recycling program

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The Gardiner town board is considering either charging for electronics recycling or discontinuing the program.

Recycling electronics involves labor and materials. Several other towns either charge for electronic recycling or don’t accept them.

Town Supervisor Marybeth Majestic said sometimes, Electronics Recycling International—the company that recycles Gardiner’s electronics—doesn’t pick up pallets or only picks up a limited number of pallets.

“The truck was coming last week, they were supposed to take 11 pallets,” Majestic said. “We had 12 pallets. They claimed they only had room for three pallets, so we still have all these pallets, and these are still coming in all the time.”

The service is free for Ulster County residents, however, there have allegedly been non-residents dropping off their electronics at the station.

Resident Mike Kruglinski expressed concern that people will find other ways to dispose of their electronics if the transfer station discontinues the program.

“The issue is if you stop taking them entirely, are those TVs gonna wind up on the roadside?” Kruglinski said.

The board tabled the issue until a future board meeting.