Regulation Information
Households. The state strongly encourages households to recycle their old computers and other electronic equipment, but they are not required to do so. Households may choose to dispose of their waste electronic equipment in the trash. If disposed of in a landfill, however, harmful chemicals could leach out of this waste and contaminate the soil and groundwater.
Under the most Hazardous Waste Regulations, "household" includes single-family homes, apartments, university residential units (dorms), hotels and motels, retirement homes, bunkhouses, ranger station living quarters and crew quarters.
Business, Schools & Government Agencies. End-of-life electronic equipment, like personal computers, from non-residential sources such as schools, small and large businesses, industry and public agencies are subject to stricter management requirements than those from households. Arkansas regulations prohibit all non-residential sources from disposing of ANY hazardous waste in solid waste landfills in the state. Therefore, color monitors and televisions, CPUs, keyboards, printers, VCRs and other end-of-life electronic equipment from your business, government agency, or school can no longer be accepted for disposal at municipal solid waste landfills. You may send this equipment to a legitimate electronics recycler for reuse, refurbishing or disassembly for materials recovery (collectively referred to as "recycling"), or you must dispose of these wastes at a permitted hazardous waste disposal facility.
