General Inquiries

PLR IP Holdings, LLC has an ongoing goal to protect the environment and we encourage all of our customers to recycle their used consumer electronic items in compliance with all regulations.  Please contact your local municipality for information about how and where to recycle consumer electronics in your area. You may also click here for a recycling facility near you.  http://www.mrmrecycling.com/collection_map.htm.

State Electronics Recycling Information

CALIFORNIA

Residents of California please visit the California eRecycle website at www.erecycle.org. (Los residents de California visitan el sitio web de eRecycle de California en www.erecycle.org )

ILLINOIS

Illinois law makes electronics manufacturers responsible for the cost of recycling millions of pounds of residential electronic waste (e-waste) every year.  (The law does not cover e-waste generated in non-residential sectors.)

Manufacturers must either charge nothing to individuals bringing in their equipment, or, if there is a fee, give you a dollar-for-dollar coupon you can use to reduce the cost of your new equipment.*

Illinois enacted this law because residential e-waste:

• Takes up lots of landfill space
• Contains toxics that can trickle into our drinking water
• Often ends up being exported to third world countries

Working with collectors and recyclers that have registered with the Illinois EPA, manufacturers have set up collection sites all over Illinois.  To find one close to you, go to http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/electronic-waste-recycling/consumer-education.html, a one-page fact sheet with a link to the list of sites, as well as the addresses and phone numbers of the collectors managing those sites.  Call them for operating hours and the list of electronic devices accepted.

From the fact sheet (or from the link below) you can also go directly to the IEPA’s e-waste website, where you’ll find lists of:

• Brands of electronics manufacturers in compliance with the law
• Electronic manufacturers that have chosen not to register, and who thus are prohibited from selling computers, monitors, tvs, or printers to residential customers in Illinois

* The Illinois EPA assigns an annual recycling goal to each electronics manufacturer.  Once that goal is achieved, a manufacturer may charge for electronics recycling.  Your local collector can tell you if free e-waste recycling is still available in your area, or if you can avoid any charges by holding equipment until the following year.

For more information, please visit the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency at http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/electronic-waste-recycling/

MAINE

Residents of Maine please visit the please visit the Maine Department of Environmental Protection website at www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/ewaste.

NEW YORK
 
New York requires manufacturers of certain electronic devices to offer free disposal of the devices effective April 1, 2011.  If your electronic device has internal memory on which personal or other confidential data may be stored, you may want to perform a data sanitization process before you dispose of your device to assure another party cannot access your personal data.  Data sanitization varies by the type of product and its software, and you may want to research the best sanitization process for your device before disposal.  You may also check with your local recycling facility to determine their data sanitization procedures during the recycling process.