Recycling - don't have a car

[HelloJed]

if I'm buying a tv from Komplett or any other Internet sales company, what can I do with my old tv? I don't have a car and my closest recycling centre is miles away.

I assume Komplett wouldn't come and pick up the old one, and I assume Argos or the like wouldn't accept an old tv without me buying a replacement there. Does anyone know if this is the case.

Otherwise, do some councils organise monthly-quarterly recycling pickups for large waste items? As far as I know, Dublin 1 doesn't and I can't find any info about it in the dublinwaste.ie site (only about hazardous waste pickups)

I've sent an email to dublinwaste.ie anyway about the lack of pickups, but I was just wondering how other people without cars go about this.

 

[moneygrower]

taxi?

 

[NiallA]

Komplett have to take back the old tv subject to it being available as per the rules below and should say as much on their website. (don't seem to however, a job for the EPA methinks)

a producer or, as appropriate, a distributor who supplies electrical and electronic equipment by means of distance communication shall accept the waste electrical and electronic equipment of equivalent type or which has fulfilled the same function as the supplied equipment –
(i) provided that he or she has given at least 24 hours notice of delivery, by collecting it on delivery provided it is available at its place of ordinary use for immediate collection and at the time of collection is not connected to any electrical, gas or water supply, waste water pipe, or permanent structure, or
(ii) where such equipment is not available for immediate return, –
(A) on account of less than 24 hours notice having been given for collection; by arranging for and collecting it within 15 days of the date of delivery, provided that the waste electrical and electrical equipment concerned is not connected to any electrical, gas or water supply, waste water pipe, or permanent structure, and the distributor or producer concerned has given at least 24 hours notice of collection, or
(B) by accepting it at –
(I) any or every place of business in the State from which he or she distributes electrical and electronic equipment, or, as appropriate,
(II) an address in the State, when occupied by the producer or, as appropriate, the distributor concerned or by any of his or her servants or agents within a maximum of 30 days of the date of delivery.

 

[bskinti]

Don't accept the delivery unless they accept to take the other back, Its the law.