On February 17, 2009 all TV signals will switch from analog to digital. In less than one year, millions of TVs across the United States will become obsolete. While converter boxes will be available for the analog-to-digital switch, many consumers will take this opportunity to upgrade to that new LCD or Plasma TV they have been waiting for, myself included. The question of what to do with that old TV remains, trash or recycle.  Before this project, I would simply have taken my old TV down to the local dump and toss it in without regard to where it will eventually end up or of the leaching of the toxic chemicals inside.  We all know that recycling must be free and easy to get consumers to take part in it and very few TV manufactures are willing to do it. Sony Electronics USA is the first television company in the United States to develop a ‘takeback’ program. Their program is national and free. Sony is committed to ensure that e-waste collected in its program will not be dumped in developing countries, go to prison labor recycling plants or end up in landfills or incinerators. For more information click here.