Electronics Recycling
I'm trying to figure out where to get rid of an old printer, as well as its ink cartridges. Somebody had mentioned an electronics recycling program at Grand Army Plaza a few Saturdays back--does anyone know if this runs every Saturday? And if not, does anyone know somewhere in the neighborhood where I could recycle these items? Thanks.
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If it still works, I recommend posting it in the Classifieds here, Craigslist, and/or Freecycle. Someone will want it.
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recycling electronics is a joke, they send them to asia and it pollutes the crap out of the landscape and poisons the people over there. its safer to put them in landfills.
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Carnivore wrote: If it still works, I recommend posting it in the Classifieds here, Craigslist, and/or Freecycle. Someone will want it.
It's pretty much a piece of crap at this point. I'd actually feel bad about giving it to someone. -
I thiiink the recycling program Saturday at GAP is just textiles
but the city does electronics events every once in a while
(I don't know if they actually use them to kill people in Asia)
Check Electronics Recycling
but put it in the classifieds -- maybe someone still uses that same pos and needs the cartridges
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the dirty side of electric recycling is they get send over to asia. for poor people to pull out all the metals. generally by burning it causing tons of heavy metals to go into the soil and water. and pollutes the air too.
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here is one such article
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/59672_ewaste25.shtml
in the first world like the us and europe, they sure make people feel better about recycling, but its a dirty job and they export it.
newer article http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/20/china.toxic.electronics.ap/index.html
from a better source http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up/e-waste-hall-of-shame -
Consider donating it to the Community Free Software Group (http://cfsg.org/projects/) They have a program where they teach kids about computers and are always looking for things they can build or take apart. Wouldn't wind up in asia and you could feel good about something old being repurposed for something really worthwhile.
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jayce wrote: Consider donating it to the Community Free Software Group (http://cfsg.org/projects/) They have a program where they teach kids about computers and are always looking for things they can build or take apart. Wouldn't wind up in asia and you could feel good about something old being repurposed for something really worthwhile.
Thanks for the tip (and thanks for the above electronics recycling link). I'm not sure this program need printers...but in any case, I'll figure something out. -
you might be surprised what they could use. i was.
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