Trash to Treasure
My workplace had a 20 in. LCD monitor (a $300+ value) that was broken for quite some time. After several attempts had been made at diagnosing the problem it was placed on the ’scrap/recycle’ pile. After receiving permission to take it away I promptly researched and found the issue and the correct component needed to resurrect the hardware. $45 later (courtesy ebay) we now enjoy the beauty, space savings and energy efficiency of a 20 inch UltraSharp display.
Remember, before you dispose of etrash (monitors, PCs, old telephones, etc) find out if your local city/county has any sort of recycling program for such items. Bryan-College Station has such a collection day twice a year. The next event is scheduled for October 20th, 9am-4pm. Your local Freecycle group is also a great place to be responsible with items like these. Several organizations take old equipment, refurbish it and donate it to needy children and families and other programs.
July 29th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I love y’all.
July 30th, 2007 at 12:27 am
I hear that BestBuy has an e-waste program. Which is largely the reason I decided not to launch a national, non-profit, e-wate campaign that was to be partnered with tech-like stores (their parking lots), PODS, and homeless peoples of D/FW.
August 11th, 2007 at 10:07 am
If you don’t want to wait until October you can also drop stuff at the Byran Recycling Center in the Bryan Wal-mart parking lot.
http://www.eiae.org/recycler/program_details.php?ID=1310&state=TX