Collection Event Scheduled for Old TVs, Monitors

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Programan Evento Para Recoger Monitores y TVs Viejos
Mobile, Ala.—Tiene Ud. un televisor muy grande o un monitor en busca de un lugar de reposo?
     No se pierda el Evento de Recolección de TVs y Monitores del condado de Mobile de las 8 a.m. a las 6:30 p.m. del miércoles 23 de septiembre al sábado 25 de septiembre en Mobile County Recycling Center, en 7450 Hitt Road.
     Los fondos para la recolección de los televisores fueron obtenidos a través de una donación de Coastal Impact Assistance Grant (CIAP) para compensar los riesgos a las comunidades situadas cerca de las perforaciones de aceite y gas costa afuera. La subvención es necesaria ya que la tecnología de pantallas planas ha hecho los monitores y televisores viejos obsoletos. El cambio ha reducido la demanda por los tubos de vidrio reciclables usados en ellos y creado lo que los expertos industriales llaman un "tsunami " de vidrio cuando las reservas del material no usable y gases tóxicos asociados se acumulan en todo el país.
     Los televisores serán aceptados sólo durante esta colecta especial! Good Will Ester Seals of the Gulf Coast, operadora del Mobile County Recycling Center, continuará aceptando los reciclables normales durante este periodo, y proveyendo el espacio para colectar los televisores y monitores.
     "No queremos estos químicos tóxicos en nuestros rellenos o a lo largo de las carreteras debido a una falta de opciones para su desecho," dijo Mobile county Commission Presidente Jerry Carl.
     "Nuestro evento de recolección da los ciudadanos opciones razonables para desechar estos artículos sin dañar el medio ambiente," dijo Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood.
    La mayor parte de estos desperdicios se almacena, se manda a rellenos o a fundiciones o se deshecha de otras maneras que los expertos dicen son destructivas ecológicamente.
     "El problema ahora es que la necesidad de disponer de estos desperdicios sigue creciendo, pero demanda por el vidrio que resulta nunca ha sido menor," dijo Mobile County commissioner Connie Hudson. " Este evento da una opción responsable a todos nuestros nuestros ciudadanos."

Collection Event Scheduled for Old TVs, Monitors
TV Monitor Collection in Mobile

MOBILE, Ala.—Do you have a super-sized television set or an old monitor seeking a final resting place?
     Don’t miss the Mobile County TV & Monitor Collection Event set for 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 23 through Saturday, September 26 at the Mobile County Recycling Center, 7450 Hitt Road.
     The funding for the television collection was obtained through a Coastal Impact Assistance Grant (CIAP) intended to offset the risks to communities located near off-shore oil and gas drilling. Funding is necessary since flat-screen technology made old monitors and televisions obsolete. The change decimated the demand for the recycled tube glass used in them and created what industry experts call a “glass tsunami” as stockpiles of the useless material and associated toxic chemicals accumulated across the country.
   Television sets will be accepted during this special collection event only! Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast, operator of the Mobile County Recycling Center, will continue to accept its normal recyclables during this period, while also providing the space to collect the TVs and monitors.
     “We don’t want these toxic chemicals in our landfills or along our roadways because of a lack of options for disposal,” said Mobile County Commission President Jerry Carl.
     “Our collection events give citizens reasonable options for disposing of these items without harm to the environment,” said Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood.
     The bulk of this waste is being stored, sent to landfills or smelters, or disposed of in other ways that experts say are environmentally destructive.
     “The problem now is that the need to dispose of this waste has been growing, but demand for the glass that comes from it has never been lower,” said Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson. “This event provides a responsible option for all our citizens.”