Free E-waste disposal begins in Sedgwick County

Free electronic waste disposal is happening today through Sunday and again next weekend in Sedgwick County.

The Sedgwick County Environmental Resources Department is collecting E-waste free of charge at the Sedgwick County West Yard in southwest Wichita. You can dispose of household items, including:

Computers
Laptops
Printers
Television sets
Cell phones
Batteries (terminals must be taped)
Tablets
E-readers
VCR/DVR/DVD players
Blu-ray players
Network devices (i.e., routers, hubs, modems)
Peripheral components (i.e., hard drives, keyboards, mice, cables, cords, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies)
Pagers
PDA
Phones
Scanners
Fax-machines
Digital converter boxes
Cable/satellite receivers
Portable music player
Audio-visual equipment
Video games
All components with hard drives/memory will be destroyed and can’t be recovered.

The free disposal is open for Sedgwick County residents and businesses. The E-Waste collection event is on April 18-20 and 25-27 at the West Yard, 4701 S. West St.

If you have more questions about the event, contact Sedgwick County Environmental Resources at 316-660-7207 .