Sim's Metal Alexandria (or St.Peters... same thing).
I've dropped small amounts of stuff off there often - most recently
about one month ago. You just drive in, check in at the gate house, and
they tell you where to dump it.
It goes through their recycling process, so it's probably as "green" as
anywhere.
On 30/07/12 15:30, Jamie Lennox wrote:
I tried Reverse Garbage, they said they used to do some computer
recycling but they had too much trouble getting rid of the unsellable
stuff so they don't do it any more.
I'm not looking to get paid for it, I was hoping to not have to pay too
much to get rid of it but unless you are looking to get rid of a
commercial sized load they just don't want to be involved.
On 30/07/12 15:19, David wrote:
I've given up trying to recycle old computers.
Scavenge any parts that you can and the rest goes to Sim's Metal. They
recycle everything. The first time I went there with 3 old boxen, they
apologised because they couldn't pay me for such a small load, but I
was delighted it wasn't going to landfill. Every other recycler seemed
to want to get paid to pick them up.
If you have a pallet load, they might give you something for them. I'm
not sure what their limits are.
Alternatively, there is a branch of Reverse Garbage that restores and
resells old computers.
http://www.simsmm.com/au/contact-us/
http://www.facebook.com/RevGarb
On 30/07/12 11:57, Jamie Lennox wrote:
Hey all,
I've got 3 older desktops in various working order. One of them is a
motherboard issue, one i think is graphics, the other is just old and
crap.
I'm trying to recycle them. I don't think any of them are worth anything
but there is a bunch of parts that are useful including 2x400gb, 320gb
hdds old audigy cards etc. One is a Core2 and another is a amd64 which
i'm pretty sure work fine.
I'm moving soon and can't wait till the community drop of days. It seems
like a waste to dump not to mention environmental issues, but i cannot
find anybody to take them. Nobody is interested unless i have a
commercial load to offer and pay for at those rates. Wesley is out of
business and so are some others i've found.
How do you recycle old computers?
Thanks,
Jamie
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