Old TVs cause new problems
For each of them, and most of the 300 or so people who came to an "electronic waste recycling event" on a chilly Saturday here, the motivation was simple: cleaning up. But for the Environmental Protection Agency and activists worried about soil, water and air pollution, it's more complicated. Televisions carelessly disposed of can be toxic to the environment. A huge backlog of unused old ones (99.1 million, the EPA says) is sitting around in people's homes.
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I know I have some old tvs that only have a antenna connection on the back. They are older than the cable tv connection. I am thinking of getting rid of a couple of these tvs so that I can replace another tv to the new dtv.