yeah I've been involved in a similar effort ;) Would you believe 8-meg sticks of RAM (with 8 chips of 1 meg each) that someone donated after leaving it it a drawer for what, must have been 15 years?
On 9/24/07, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In SC, we have "convenience centers". Basically, they are local dump sites > that are like halfway between going to the landfill and tossing stuff in > your curb-side garbage can. They have recycling bins, places to drop off > car batteries, scrap metal, tires, construction material, etc. Ours do take > computer components. I am always directed to put my computer stuff in the > building where they store paint and other nasty chemicals. From there, the > computer parts are treated as hazardous material and properly disposed of, > etc. It's a tax-payer funded deal, so you might not have anything like it > where you are. > > If you are lucky, you will have an organization like we had here that took > donations of just about ANY computer components. The useable components > were sorted and functioning machines were built out of whatever was in > stock. The hacked-together machines built from these donated parts were > freely distributed to families in need that would otherwise have limited or > no access to any computers. I volunteered my time with a local group for a > while and the backlog of pure crap that was accumulated was impressive. > Almost nothing was turned away, but every functional system that made it out > the door was worth the effort of managing the excess garbage. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:24 PM > Subject: Monitor Question WAS Monitor Question > > > >I have a slightly more advanced monitor question. Having experienced > > the fading and ultimate replacement of my old monitor, a Viewsonic, > > after many years of service. What do I do with it? It is currently > > sitting, gathering dust, in the corner of my dining room along with > > three non-functioning desktop computers. At one time, I tried to > > frankengineer a single working desktop for my kids out of these three, > > but there where not enough functioning components to provide a complete > > system. > > > > I am not allowed to just dump these if I follow the rules for > > California. Can I just take them to any electronic retailer? Anybody > > properly and diligently dispose of obsolete systems lately. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
