TV Recycling in Smithtown, NY
Smithtown residents can drop TVs free at the Municipal Services Facility in Kings Park or call Smithtown Recycling for pickup.
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Checked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check
Before you go
- Note whether it’s a flat screen or an older CRT (tube) set; many programs price them differently.
- Ask whether a cracked screen or broken glass changes the price or handling.
- Confirm the total cost, including any visit fee, before you load it.
New York rules
- DEC's sample notice: all New York consumers, households and businesses alike, may no longer dispose of e-waste such as computers, peripherals and televisions at landfills or waste-to-energy facilities. Source: NYSDEC: Electronic Waste Requirements for Solid/Hazardous Waste Facilities and Haulers/Transporters (opens in new tab)
- Televisions are among the electronic waste items New York consumers are required to recycle. Source: NYSDEC: Electronic Waste Recycling (opens in new tab)
More New York rules (10)
- Since January 1, 2015, consumers may not put covered electronic equipment in landfills, waste-to-energy plants, the trash or curbside trash pickup. Source: NYSDEC: Recycling Consumer Electronic Waste (opens in new tab)
- ECL 27-2611(3): beginning January 1, 2015, no individual or household may dispose of electronic waste in any solid waste management facility or set it out for disposal collection. Source: NY Environmental Conservation Law 27-2611: Disposal ban (e-waste) (opens in new tab)
- DEC reports 99,198,623 lb of e-waste collected for recycling and reuse in New York in 2025, and over 1.1 billion lb since the program launched in 2011. Source: NYSDEC: Recycling and Composting (opens in new tab)
- Household hazardous wastes are household materials that would be regulated as hazardous waste if generated elsewhere; household-generated HHW is exempt from state and federal hazardous waste rules. Source: NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab)
- Residents can take HHW to authorized HHW collection facilities or HHW collection events hosted by counties and municipalities; DEC has a map and list of permitted facilities. Source: NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab)
- If there is no permitted facility nearby, check with your municipality for periodic one- or two-day HHW collection events. Source: NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab)
- The state Environmental Protection Fund can pay up to 50 percent of the cost of municipal HHW collection programs. Source: NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab)
- General Municipal Law 120-aa required every municipality, by September 1, 1992, to adopt a local law requiring source separation of recyclables (paper, glass, metals, plastics, yard waste) where economic markets exist. Source: NY General Municipal Law 120-AA: Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials (opens in new tab)
- DEC tells residents to check local guidance to see which items their program accepts. Source: NYSDEC: Recycling Resources (opens in new tab)
- DEC lists New York collection programs for items that belong outside the recycling bin: beverage containers, carpet, cell phones, e-waste, lead-acid vehicle batteries, mercury thermostats, paint, pharmaceuticals, plastic film, rechargeable batteries and tires. Source: NYSDEC: Recycling and Composting (opens in new tab)
Where this information comes from (29)
Where this information comes from
Checked October 26, 2026
- Town of Smithtown: Municipal Services Facility (opens in new tab) · Town of Smithtown
- Six-day drop-off center for residents, Monday-Saturday 7 a.m.-3:15 p.m., last drop-off 3 p.m. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Call (631) 269-4548 to arrange pickup of large household appliances, e-waste and metal items. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Town of Smithtown: Refuse and Recycling information (opens in new tab) · Town of Smithtown
- Consumer electronics can be brought to the Municipal Services Facility Monday-Saturday 7 a.m.-3:15 p.m. for free drop off. Checked October 26, 2026.
- For large household appliances call Smithtown Recycling (631) 269-4548: televisions, computers, metal exercise equipment, microwave ovens, washing machines, clothes dryers, refrigerators and more. Checked October 26, 2026.
- New York prohibits disposal of consumer electronics in household garbage. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Town of Huntington: Smithtown Landfill (opens in new tab) · Town of Huntington
- The Smithtown Landfill drop-off at 85 Old Northport Road is open to Huntington residents with ID. Checked October 26, 2026.
- NYSDEC: Electronic Waste Recycling (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- The NYS Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act (ECL Article 27, Title 26) requires manufacturers to provide free and convenient e-waste recycling to most consumers in the state. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Eligible for free recycling: individuals, businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees, nonprofits with fewer than 75, 501(c)(3)s, schools and government entities located in New York. Checked October 26, 2026.
- For-profit businesses with 50 or more full-time employees and nonprofits with 75 or more may be charged. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Televisions are among the electronic waste items New York consumers are required to recycle. Checked October 26, 2026.
- NYSDEC: Recycling Consumer Electronic Waste (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Manufacturers must take back their own brands free, or one piece of covered equipment from another manufacturer when the consumer buys the same type; DEC lists registered manufacturers and their take-back websites. Checked October 26, 2026.
- DEC lists registered electronic equipment manufacturers with their brands, take-back websites and toll-free numbers. Checked October 26, 2026.
- DEC publishes a county-sorted list of registered e-waste collection sites; call ahead because a site may not take your type or brand. Checked October 26, 2026.
- A collection site not affiliated with a manufacturer program may charge a fee. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Collection may be at retail stores, nonprofits or municipal facilities, by prepaid mail-back, or at collection events; manufacturers need not have a site in every community. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Any consumer may be charged for premium services such as at-home collection, data wiping or refurbishment. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Televisions with screens over 4 inches diagonally are covered, including accompanying cables and cords. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Since January 1, 2015, consumers may not put covered electronic equipment in landfills, waste-to-energy plants, the trash or curbside trash pickup. Checked October 26, 2026.
- NY Environmental Conservation Law 27-2605: Manufacturer responsibilities (e-waste) (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- ECL 27-2605: manufacturers bear all program costs and may not charge consumers for collection and recycling (except business consumers and premium services). Checked October 26, 2026.
- NY Environmental Conservation Law 27-2611: Disposal ban (e-waste) (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- ECL 27-2611(3): beginning January 1, 2015, no individual or household may dispose of electronic waste in any solid waste management facility or set it out for disposal collection. Checked October 26, 2026.
- NYSDEC: Electronic Waste Requirements for Solid/Hazardous Waste Facilities and Haulers/Transporters (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- DEC's sample notice: all New York consumers, households and businesses alike, may no longer dispose of e-waste such as computers, peripherals and televisions at landfills or waste-to-energy facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
- NYSDEC: Recycling and Composting (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- DEC reports 99,198,623 lb of e-waste collected for recycling and reuse in New York in 2025, and over 1.1 billion lb since the program launched in 2011. Checked October 26, 2026.
- DEC lists New York collection programs for items that belong outside the recycling bin: beverage containers, carpet, cell phones, e-waste, lead-acid vehicle batteries, mercury thermostats, paint, pharmaceuticals, plastic film, rechargeable batteries and tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
- NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Household hazardous wastes are household materials that would be regulated as hazardous waste if generated elsewhere; household-generated HHW is exempt from state and federal hazardous waste rules. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Residents can take HHW to authorized HHW collection facilities or HHW collection events hosted by counties and municipalities; DEC has a map and list of permitted facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
- If there is no permitted facility nearby, check with your municipality for periodic one- or two-day HHW collection events. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The state Environmental Protection Fund can pay up to 50 percent of the cost of municipal HHW collection programs. Checked October 26, 2026.
- NY General Municipal Law 120-AA: Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- General Municipal Law 120-aa required every municipality, by September 1, 1992, to adopt a local law requiring source separation of recyclables (paper, glass, metals, plastics, yard waste) where economic markets exist. Checked October 26, 2026.
- NYSDEC: Recycling Resources (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- DEC tells residents to check local guidance to see which items their program accepts. Checked October 26, 2026.
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