Best Buy drops $10 recycling fee for screens

Best Buy Co. said Thursday that it has eliminated a $10 recycling fee for electronics items with screens to make its recycling program more convenient for consumers. The retailer's in-store recycling program accepts TVs, computer monitors, DVD players, cell phones and other types of consumer electronics. Items with tube screens of up to 32 inches and flat panel screens of up to 60 inches are eligible. Best Buy said its programs collected 83 million pounds of electronics and 73 million pounds of appliances in 2010. The chain, which is based in Minneapolis, had 1,105 big-box U.S. stores at the