List of Electronic Items Banned from Landfills

The following eight categories of residential electronic items are not to be mixed with municipal waste or placed in landfills per the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act.

  1. Computers and small-scale servers
  2. Computer monitors
  3. Televisions
  4. Printers, facsimile machines and scanners
  5. Digital video disc players, digital video disc recorders, and videocassette recorders
  6. Video game consoles
  7. Digital converter boxes, cable receivers and satellite receivers
  8. Electronic keyboards, electronic mice, and portable digital music players that have memory capability and are battery powered

During collection events, Macon County Environmental Management accepts all of the electronics items that are banned from landfills as well as:

  • Cables and cords
  • Cell phones and tablets
  • Handheld gaming devices and controllers