LG Electronics Partners with Hilton Hotels to Recycle Old TVs

SEATTLE (Waste 360): TVs are the largest contributor to electronic waste, which is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world. For both consumers and businesses, disposing of TVs in ways that decrease environmental impact can prove to be challenging. Due to a lack of safe and cost-effective recycling options, many people simply hope for the best as their TVs are carted away.

To address this issue, Hilton Hotels recently teamed with LG Electronics to create a TV recycling pilot program. For Hilton, the goal of the pilot was to find a method that would be scalable as the company looks to establish a corporate-wide recycling program to responsibly dispose of older hotel TVs and to upgrade to innovative and new energy-efficient television sets that will “heighten the in-room guest experience and reduce energy costs.”

Working together, Hilton Hotels, LG and GSS recycled nearly 400 older flat-panel hotel TVs from the Hilton Newark Airport. Each recycled TV set was replaced with a new 43-inch Energy Star certified LG flat screen TV. The program was successfully executed in four days and had a minimal impact on guests.  

Based on the success of the pilot, LG and Hilton are extending the program, with plans to replace old sets with LG 4K Ultra HD hotel TVs.

In addition to partnering with Hilton Hotels, LG has focused on making responsible recycling a priority. Over the past year, LG Electronics USA drove the collection and responsible recycling of 24,234 tons of used electronics. Diverting solid waste from landfills, this avoided the release of the equivalent of more than 63,714 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to the case study.

Courtesy: https://waste360.com