4,000 Lancashire TVs dumped since digital switchover (From Lancashire Telegraph)

4,000 Lancashire TVs dumped since digital switchover

10:50am Sunday 22nd November 2009 in

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THOUSANDS more televisions have been consigned to the scrapheap as a result of the digital switchover.

Nearly 4,000 extra sets have been dumped across Lancashire since it was announced that the nation’s old analogue sets were being phased out.

Viewers can invest in a set-top box for as little as £15, from most leading supermarkets, to join the TV revolution.

But with an ever-increasing range of plasma and widescreen models on the market, most consumers to be plumping for a new set.

Harold Council, operations manager for SITA, which manages sites across East Lancashire, said: “We have seen a steady increase throughout the year and we have seen TVs and monitors arriving.”

Back in June the number of sets left at household waste recycling centres stood at just over 13,200.

There was a slight increase by July and the total jumped to 16,167 by August. For October, the figure stood at 17,187.

In East Lancashire, the two busiest sites have been the Burnley tip, in Grosvenor Street, which has seen 630 abandoned sets, and the Whinney Hill Road site near Accrington, the final resting place for 490 old TVs.

The firm also manages sites in Clitheroe, Colne, Great Harwood, Langho, Padiham and Stacksteads.

Each location taking electrical goods has reported a proport-ionate increase through 2009.

Government officials are still staging advice clinics for TV viewers ahead of the final analogue switch-off in a fort-night’s time.

BBC2 has already disappeared from analogue TV screens and the remainder of the terrestrial channels will disappear after December 5.