Why do they charge an e-waste fee when you buy a new TV?
Costco charges like or something as an "e-waste fee" when you purchase a new TV… so I figured that meant they would dispose of my tv when it breaks… NOPE. WTF?
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I’m not positive but I believe that money goes to a universal waste disposal fund to help defray the costs of future disposal, similar to the waste fee for auto tires. My local dump is charging 5 bucks per tv, monitor, and microwave disposed of after April 5th. I have a cellar loaded with old TV’s . I guess I better start moving them out now while it is free.
I agree, it’s a charge to pass on to the consumer to pay for handling of recycling (which means junking) of old tvs or electronics. when I go have my oil changed at walmart, they now charge a couple bucks extra to pay for "recycling fee" for taking the old oil which they used to do anyway!!
But $30 seems pretty high to me. But if you’re spending a couple thousand bucks on new tv, then it’s a tiny part of the charge.
Recyclers–honest recyclers–would spend time to take apart the electronics, the plastics, the metals as much as possible to they can then be recycled as best as possible.
The fee does NOT mean that if the new one breaks, they’ll take it away or dispose of it for you. But they ARE charging you for the cost of it!! Since they don’t know how you’ll get rid of your tv that you’re buying, they’re charging you the recycling fee AHEAD OF TIME.
Sounds crazy to me. Try another store if you can.