FWIW the city of Greenbelt runs Electronics recycling once a month, and will accept pretty much everything on that list.
http://www.greenbeltmd.gov/public_works/Refuse_Recycling/electronics_recycling.htm They claim it's only for greenbelt residents, but I've never been asked to show ID when I've dropped off stuff. They also claim you need to make prior arrangements for 10+ items, but I've shown up with a whole trunkfull of random old computer crap and they didn't have a problem with it. - Justin Walker On 28 May 2010 11:41, Dustin J. Mitchell <dus...@zmanda.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Kevin McGehee <kevin.mcge...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Also, if anyone has any good ideas for recycling components as opposed to >> dumping them in a scrap metal pile, let me know! > > Most big-box computer stores will take computer recycling. I'm not > sure if they'll take a plastic bag full of cards and motherboards, but > I'm sure if you squeeze it all into something that looks like a > computer case, they'll take it. You could call and find out. I've > used best buy and office depot. > > Also, there's an app for that - I have an iPhone app where you dial in > what you want to recycle, and it finds the nearest place to do so. > > Dustin > > -- > Open Source Storage Engineer > http://www.zmanda.com >
