I'm still trying to get rid of my old "top of the line" G3 and G4 computers... now I've got a G5 that's as good as those old doorstops...
We recycle them in my house. My daughter gets mine, and my wife gets hers.
Right now we seem to have five. From a 400MHz G3 B/W, to a dual 2GHz G5. When the new tower comes out, we'll move around again. Since all of the machines have been upgraded (except, of course, for the G5), it's not so bad. I keep the B/W in my shop. It was tough to get it out of my wifes hands when I gave her the G4. Some people get so attached!
This is a good thing. Eventually, every computer will become virtually worthless, at which point they will become an environmental contaminant or be recycled.
The U.S. is one of the few nations that exports our consumer electronics waste. I read some story a while back about asian villages that burn piles of cables to get the copper, drop motherboards in acid to get gold. One guy cracks open toner cartridges for something and he would just hold his breath each time to "protect" himself from the plume of toner. They had water transported into the village somehow because there was no potable water around for several miles. It was a pretty interesting story in a horrible sort of way.
Meanwhile, I just discovered that my Microtek ScanMaker E3 scanner was dead due to sitting on the desk for a long without using it. It's possible to fix it but I don't think I'm going to use it. There's also a HP inkjet printer sitting on the shelf as well as a CRT and a '97 PC.
I did a search about recycling them. Hp.com looks like a better way to go IMHO. My plan is to take the scanner and printer first and see.
Meanwhile, I just discovered that my Microtek ScanMaker E3 scanner was dead due to sitting on the desk for a long without using it. It's possible to fix it but I don't think I'm going to use it. There's also a HP inkjet printer sitting on the shelf as well as a CRT and a '97 PC.
I did a search about recycling them. Hp.com looks like a better way to go IMHO. My plan is to take the scanner and printer first and see.
Any idea?
I do it with the toner cartridges from my hp CLS 8500N printer. I just put it back in the box, and stick the label on it. They pay for the shipping.
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Originally posted by Louzer
Take the lead? Seems to me they're just trying to catch up to the other vendors out there.
the apple takeback program partially serves to
take the wind out of the sails of proposal #3 in the proxy materials
for this year's AAPL shareholder's annual meeting. in a prior year,
jobs took some heat about apple's (relative) lack of being green,
rather embarrassing with al gore on the board of directors ...
Originally posted by SpamSandwich
I'm still trying to get rid of my old "top of the line" G3 and G4 computers... now I've got a G5 that's as good as those old doorstops...
We recycle them in my house. My daughter gets mine, and my wife gets hers.
Right now we seem to have five. From a 400MHz G3 B/W, to a dual 2GHz G5. When the new tower comes out, we'll move around again. Since all of the machines have been upgraded (except, of course, for the G5), it's not so bad. I keep the B/W in my shop. It was tough to get it out of my wifes hands when I gave her the G4. Some people get so attached!
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Technology/story?id=1479506
The U.S. is one of the few nations that exports our consumer electronics waste. I read some story a while back about asian villages that burn piles of cables to get the copper, drop motherboards in acid to get gold. One guy cracks open toner cartridges for something and he would just hold his breath each time to "protect" himself from the plume of toner. They had water transported into the village somehow because there was no potable water around for several miles. It was a pretty interesting story in a horrible sort of way.
Meanwhile, I just discovered that my Microtek ScanMaker E3 scanner was dead due to sitting on the desk for a long without using it. It's possible to fix it but I don't think I'm going to use it. There's also a HP inkjet printer sitting on the shelf as well as a CRT and a '97 PC.
I did a search about recycling them. Hp.com looks like a better way to go IMHO. My plan is to take the scanner and printer first and see.
Any idea?
Originally posted by Kenneth
PC recycling should be a big business.
Meanwhile, I just discovered that my Microtek ScanMaker E3 scanner was dead due to sitting on the desk for a long without using it. It's possible to fix it but I don't think I'm going to use it. There's also a HP inkjet printer sitting on the shelf as well as a CRT and a '97 PC.
I did a search about recycling them. Hp.com looks like a better way to go IMHO. My plan is to take the scanner and printer first and see.
Any idea?
I do it with the toner cartridges from my hp CLS 8500N printer. I just put it back in the box, and stick the label on it. They pay for the shipping.
Originally posted by melgross
I do it with the toner cartridges from my hp CLS 8500N printer. I just put it back in the box, and stick the label on it. They pay for the shipping.
Thanks... sounds good to me.