Get out your old computers: Recycle electronics, get free Cavs tickets - cleveland.com

Get out your old computers: Recycle electronics, get free Cavs tickets - cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A “Tech for Tickets” electronics-recycling event is being held today – Wednesday, Nov. 15 - at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, with sports tickets being given to donors.

The event is a collaboration between the Cleveland Cavaliers, Charge, Monsters and MCPC, a Cleveland-based technology endpoint management company. It’s 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Today is America Recycles Day.

Folks can drop off old technology devices at E. 6th Street outside Center Court team shop. Dropoff is between the arena and Gateway East parking garage. Fans who recycle electronics will receive a pair of Cavs tickets for the game vs. Toronto on Sunday, Nov. 26, or vs. Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 28, along with a voucher for four tickets to a Charge or Monsters game.

The following electronic devices are accepted:

• Desktop and laptop computers

• LCD monitors

• Mobile devices - smartphones, cell phones and tablets

• Data-storage devices

• Networking devices (routers, switches, hubs)

• Printers

• Fax machines

• Peripherals (keyboards, mice, docking stations)

Not accepted:

• Cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors

• Televisions

• Light bulbs

• Medical or lab equipment

• Household appliances or bulk batteries

For list of recyclable materials, go to mcpc.com/recycle.

Recycling electronics keeps items out of landfills and allows minerals inside to be reclaimed and sold to companies to make new devices.

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