Where can I recycle TVs and other electronic waste?

Stay up to date with coverage of Hawaii and the national elections. Q: Where can I throw away an old TV where they will at least try to recycle it? I don’t want it to go straight into the trash.

Question: Can you tell me where I can dispose of an old television? I know I’ve read about places or recycling events for disposal of old televisions, but I can’t find the information right now.

Answer: Recycling events in the Going Green community accept TVs, which are shipped from Hawaii along with other electronic waste for recycling of marketable parts and/or elements and eventual disposal, said Rene Mansho, who coordinates the periodic events.

Four are planned for November, including one Friday in the federal building, which will have limited access and is mainly intended for tenants of the building, Mansho said. But three more are planned later in the month, on Saturday, which will provide the general public with the usual drive-thru drop-off service. Volunteers unload the vehicles while drivers remain in their cars, a service appreciated by readers who have disposed of electronic waste and other items at previous events. Friday, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Prince Kuhio Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Blvd. A permit is required to enter the building. This event is primarily intended for building tenants who may wish to recycle old computers and other electronic waste from their offices. – Nov. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Puuhale Elementary School, 345 Puuhale Road.

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Going Green only accepts the following items: computers, monitors, scanners, printers (not toner or ink cartridges); TVs; lead-acid batteries (car and boat); HI-5 containers (plastic and aluminum); used glasses; used hearing aids; canned goods and other non-perishable foods, including pet food; gently used clothing; used towels and blankets; new diapers and wipes (for keiki or kupuna).

Going Green does not accept paper or lithium batteries, as many readers have requested.

Question: Regarding requesting a replacement ballot (), I am afraid, but not certain, that I forgot to sign the envelope before mailing in my ballot. Do I need to request a replacement ballot?

A: No. “If a ballot return envelope is received and a signature is missing, county election officials will contact the voter to obtain the missing signature,” the state elections office said.

Each ballot return envelope will have a unique barcode so election officials know who to contact. A voter who has not signed the return envelope and is contacted by the election office must resolve the issue by Nov. 13 for their ballot to be counted, the office says. As you acknowledge, you may worry unnecessarily after you actually sign your ballot. So don’t worry if you don’t hear from the elections office.

The same “cure” process would apply to a signed return envelope that fails signature verification. Ballot return envelopes must pass signature verification before the ballot inside can be counted. “Officials compare the signature on the mail-in ballot return envelope to a signature associated with the voter’s registration. This signature verification process confirms the voter’s identity and prevents bad actors from casting a vote that is not their own,” the State Bureau of Elections explains on its website.

Mahalo Mahalo to the ordinary people who collected waste from Ala Wai Harbor and the canal and did their best to combat that overwhelming mess. I’ve seen them there trying to help, and no one pays them. The homeless encampments upriver must go.—Reader———-Write to Kokua Line at Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 7-500, Honolulu, HI 96813; call 808-529-4773; or email [email protected].—————