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18 Feb 2009

Three green tips to reduce TV e-waste during the switch to digital broadcasting

Posted by UrbanGreenGirl

How many TV 's will be kicked to the curb following the switch to digital?

You are probably already aware that as of February 17th, some US TV stations will switch from analog to digital broadcasting. Although the benefits are obvious in terms of better picture quality, where does this leave all the old CRT and analog TVs, when e-waste is already a mounting problem in United States?

Well, don’t fear as Urban Green Girl has brought you three (3) solutions  to deal with the switch:

• How you can keep your analog TV
• How to recycle your TV
• Tips for purchasing an energy efficient TV

To learn about these three green solutions, check out my guest post entitled How to deal with the digital switch like a green girl at Iamthatgirl.com.

Tags: CRT tv's , digital broadcasting , digital switch , digital tv's , digital-to-analog converter box , e-waste , energy efficient tv's , February 17th , flat screen tv's , iamthatgirl.com , recycle tv's , united states digital broadcasting

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