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Well, I for one am looking for an electrical cord to go with a Panasonic CD player that has a missing power cord. It's the same power cord/plug that goes into the back my cable box, but I can't seem to find another one at Radio Shack and obviously Time Warner won't sell them...It's a two-prong plug with on that is a round prong and the other a square prong...I also have a box of cords but this particular one is unfortunately not in there. Anyone have any sitting around? I will buy it from you!

you may want to call your local good will or salvation army and see what electronic equipment they will take.

Doesn't Build It Green in Astoria accept electronic recyclables?

www.bignyc.org

The website states it does and I certainly hope so! I have a box of stuff I need to get rid of before I move in a month and would feel pretty bad about tossing it in the trash. Haven't had a chance to check it out yet. Anyone tried to recycle stuff there?

There is a recycling event at Union Square park every 6 or 12 months that will take and recycle electrical equipment. There is a limit to the number of items -- I don't recall.

You can also recycle electronics at Build it Green. http://www.bignyc.org

That's also in Brooklyn.

The Union Square electronic waste recycling event already happened earlier this month. I'm not sure how often they have it (I think it's every 6 months). So you might have to head to Astoria. The Union Square events are run by the Lower East Side Ecology Center:

http://www.lesecologycenter.org/

I feel your pain. I just cleaned out that stuff too...or tried to. I too have a box of stuff, including a useless laptop that has a dead hard drive (not to mention a battery). Anyone know--if I take that hard drive out, will any data I have be totally gone? I feel like a dummy asking that, but I remember hearing something about things not ever being deleted completely--but perhaps that's on the HD.

I should have also said, one idea is freecycle or craigslist--offering it for free...someone might want it for something.

You're in New York. You can probably just set it outside your apartment building on a non-garbage pickup day and someone will scavenge it and make use of it somewhere.

I was in Best Buy (the one off the Broadway Lafayette F) recently and noticed they have bins for old cell phones, pdas -- not sure they take EVERYTHING, but it might be a good starting point.

We did a roundup on our site a few months ago ... maybe one or two of the links can be useful:

http://unclutterer.com/2007/07/17/reader-question-how-to-dispose-of-old-electronics/

i would second the suggestions to donate the items to a thrift shop or set them out with a "free" sign. It is usually even more ecological to reuse rather than to recycle.

Seriously, go to GOODWILL!!! People from different walks of life are looking for different stuff, so that 1988 Walkman is not necessarily "junk". Donate it.

I agree: if stuff is not broken/unusable, take it to goodwill or the salvation army. I still use my 1988 Walkman! (Hooked it up to my computer to digitize me old cassette tapes.)

This is great!! I've been trying to figure out where I can take my broken tv. Looks like Build It Green is the place.

This comment is late--but I've taken a variety of electronic items to Build it Green in Astoria without any issues.