TakeBack My TV Campaign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year more than 30 million new televisions will be sold in the US. Old and new alike, TVs contain a dizzying array of toxic chemicals and heavy metals. With the growing popularity of flat screen TVs, and the Feb. 2009 switch to digital TV signals looming, the sheer volume of TVs headed to our landfills has gotten out of control.

Do you know where your old TV’s will end up? It’s time we all did, and it’s time for customers and manufacturers alike to wake up to a looming humanitarian and environmental crisis.

See the shocking truth! Click here to watch the video.

Get involved today by personally faxing the CEO’s of other major TV manufacturers to tell them to wake up and take responsibility.

Click here to take action.

Only 12% of “e-waste” is recycled (US EPA) because there are simply too few options for convenient recycling. EPA studies also show that 70% of heavy metal such as lead and mercury in garbage dumps comes from electronic waste.

What other toxic materials are in TVs? Click here to find out.

It’s time to hold TV manufacturers responsible just as they are in other countries of the world—including Japan, Taiwan and throughout the European Union. Despite making billions in profits importing and selling TVs, manufacturers currently play no role in safely dealing with the waste.

But recently, Sony has taken a leadership role by launching the first “TV Take-Back Program” in the United States. The gateway is now open for others to follow.

Countdown to Contamination

Activists in Texas and across the country marked the one-year countdown to the digital switch by demonstrating as "dead TVs walking." If TV makers don't start recycling their toxic products, the TVs will come back to haunt us!