Popular Free Electronics Recycling Event Returning To Tolland

TOLLAND, CT — Need to get rid of that smashed cell phone? Well, the popular free electronics recycling event is returning to Tolland this fall.

The town of Tolland, in cooperation with Take 2 Inc., will be hosting a free residential electronics recycling collection event at Tolland High School. Residents are being encouraged to bring their unwanted electronics to the drive up/drive through event on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 8 a.m.

Take 2 Inc. will be on site to unload vehicles and safely package and transport all equipment to its Waterbury facility to be "responsibly and securely recycled."

Take 2 employees will also assist vehicles in the lot.

Accepted materials include, but are not limited to: computers, laptops, printers, fax machines, monitors, TVs, cell phones, tablets, video games, game consoles, VCR/DVD machines, remotes, keyboards, small appliances, light bulbs and batteries.

Unaccepted materials include: smoke detectors, propane tanks, ballasts, paint, household hazardous waste and appliances containing freon like air conditioners, refrigerators and dehumidifiers.

Take 2 Inc. is a Waterbury based electronics recycler. Take 2 is approved by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as a Covered Electronics Recycler in conjunction with Connecticut’s Electronics Recycling Law, RCSA 22a-638-1.