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How to get rid of a TV or electronics in Massachusetts

Cathode ray tubes (older TVs and computer monitors) are banned from disposal or transfer for disposal in Massachusetts. Most towns charge a per-item fee for TVs and electronics at the transfer station.

Facts checked against Mass.gov and town sources on 2026-11-05.

CRT waste ban

  • MassDEP lists cathode ray tubes among materials currently banned from disposal or transfer for disposal in Massachusetts.
  • MassDEP's waste-ban fact sheet groups CRTs with older televisions and computer monitors.
  • Do not put a CRT in ordinary trash. Use your town transfer station, a municipal electronics collection, or another lawful recycler.
  • Flat-panel TVs and computers are not the same legal category as CRTs on the ban table, but towns usually price them on the same electronics fee sheet. Check the town page.

Sources: MassDEP Waste Disposal Bans, Fact sheet: What are the Massachusetts Waste Bans?.

Town pages with TV / electronics fees

  • Amherst - Electronics (TV/monitor by diagonal size; laptops; misc): $20-$30 TVs by size; laptop $10; misc $3-$5; copy machines $30
  • Attleboro - Metal, electronics, large appliances: No charge if in trash program; Television (in program): 1st free each fiscal year (sticker required); then confirm with staff; Television (not in program): $35 (sticker required)
  • Barnstable - TV under 40 inch: $20; TV over 41 inch: $40
  • Bourne - Flat screen monitors/TVs, computers (CPUs), CRTs, laptops, tablets (without bulky sticker): $20 (RRC Policy PDF; confirm current)
  • Brewster - Console television: $20; Television: $15; Computer monitor, CPU, printer, laptop, etc.: $10
  • Carver - Use Wareham Transfer Station electronics fees on the Wareham town page.
  • Chatham - Other electronics: $5 each
  • Dartmouth - TV or computer monitor: $10 each
  • Dennis - TV, computer monitor, or laptop: $15 each
  • Eastham - Television or computer monitor (CRT): $15 each
  • Falmouth - Electronic waste (computers, monitors, TVs, etc.): $25 per item
  • Framingham - CRT television or computer monitor: $15 each
  • Greenfield - TV / monitor: $25 / $30; console TV $30 / $40
  • Harwich - Couch, refrigerator, TV, air conditioner, or truck tire: $15 each; Computer or monitor: $10 each
  • Kingston - Television: $20 each; Monitor or laptop: $20 each
  • Middleborough - Portable TV or computer monitor: $20 each; Console TV: $35 each; Wide-screen console TV: $45 each
  • Needham - Television or flat-screen TV: $20 each; Computer monitor / all screens: $20 each
  • Northampton - Confirm Locust/Glendale electronics rules with Solid Waste.
  • Orleans - Television under or over 20 inch: $15 each; Console television: $20 each; Computer monitor: $15 each; Laptop or desktop computer: $10 each
  • Sandwich - Computer (laptop or CPU): $10; TV or monitor: $20
  • Taunton - Computer monitors, TVs under 21 in, keyboards, mice, towers: $10; TV 21 to 30 in: $15; TV 30 in and up: $20
  • Wellesley - Televisions, monitors, computers (CRT and electronics area): Accepted in Computers & Monitors area per RDF Recycling Guide; confirm any fee with RDF attendant
  • Worcester - Most bulk items (appliances, furniture, TVs, tires, metals, etc.): $5 each

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