What To Do with Old TVs as We Go Digital

What To Do with Old TVs as We Go Digital
What To Do with Old TVs as We Go Digital

What To Do with Old TVs as We Go Digital

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According to the Consumer Electronics Association, digital television sales are up over 30 percent compared to this time last year. TV sales are getting a big boost from the mandatory switch to digital TV signals. And while an estimated 76,000 households in Chicago still aren’t prepared for the change, come tomorrow, TV’s going digital anyway.  So what happens to all those old TVs being kicked to the curb? Melville Nickerson is a staff attorney with the Environmental Law and Policy Center explains what to do with them.

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