Two months after the scheme started, Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean said 2057 TV sets had been dropped off at resource recovery centres across the district.
Mrs Dean said the programme aimed to divert televisions from going to landfills and the response in Waitaki had been ''fantastic''.
''When the Government announced the start of the recycling programme, Environment Minister Amy Adams challenged people to play their part in caring for the environment. The response from Central Otago, Mackenzie, and Waitaki District Councils has been fantastic.
''Many of the Waitaki residents who have dropped off their unwanted televisions have been surprised to hear they contain components such as copper and steel, which can be recycled locally, or sent overseas to specialist recycling facilities.''
Oamaru residents, in particular, had taken advantage of the programme, which allowed sets to be dropped off at recovery centres for just $5.
More than half of the TV sets taken for recycling in the district had been dropped off in Oamaru.
Waitaki Resource Recovery Centre site manager Trish Hurley said 1200 sets had been dropped off at the Oamaru-based centre since the scheme started on April 10.
TVs would still be accepted under the programme for ''another week or two'', Mrs Hurley said.
