{"id":344588,"date":"2025-12-12T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/344588\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:04:09","slug":"how-stearns-county-residents-can-dispose-of-old-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/344588\/","title":{"rendered":"How Stearns County Residents Can Dispose Of Old Electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WAITE PARK (<a href=\"https:\/\/wjon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WJON News<\/a>) &#8212;\u00a0Stearns County residents will have a convenient way to get rid of their old electronics in the new year. Starting on January 5th, the Household Hazardous Waste Facility in Waite Park will accept electronic waste on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/attachment-wjonam-alexacard-big.jpg\" alt=\"AM 1240 WJON logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dropping off electronics will work just like bringing in any other items to the facility. You&#8217;ll be able to pull through the drive-thru during regular hours, Monday through Saturday, between 7:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A $10 per screen fee will apply to items like smartphones, TVs, monitors, laptops, tablets, smart mirrors, and smart boards.<\/p>\n<p>Accepted items include:TVs (CRT, flatscreen, plasma, projection)Phones (smart, flip, landline)Monitors, laptops, tablets, e-readersSmart mirrors, home security displays, smartboardsCPUs, printers, scanners, fax machines, copiersKeyboards, mice, cords, routers, cable boxesVCR\/DVD\/DVR players, gaming systems, and headphonesHome sound systems, speakers, stereos, receivers Not accepted:<\/p>\n<p>kitchen appliances, hygiene electronics, yard\/garden tools, automotive products, vacuums, fans, lamps, and other household items.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stearnscountymn.gov\/1496\/Household-Hazardous-Waste-Facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stearns County website<\/a> or contact the Household Hazardous Waste Facility directly at 320-257-8605.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Stearns County held a one-day electronic waste recycling event that was very popular.<\/p>\n<p>Stearns County held a one-day e-waste recycling event that proved to be very popular for residents.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wjon.com\/stearns-countys-e-waste-event-very-popular\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stearns County&#8217;s E-Waste Event Very Popular<\/a>\u00a0|<\/p>\n<p>Come Visit Meire Grove in Pictures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WAITE PARK (WJON News) &#8212;\u00a0Stearns County residents will have a convenient way to get rid of their old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,24965,4910,79,24968],"class_list":{"0":"post-344588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-from-the-wjon-newsroom","10":"tag-newsletter","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-st-cloud-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}