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Title: Millions of tons of electronics going to waste Post by: AlteredOne on January 21, 2005, 06:34:35 AM Washington Post article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24672-2005Jan20.html)
I'm surprised at how little press this has gotten. As techno geeks you guys might appreciate it. A few tips I've garnered: - I fix up my old computers and donate them to charities that will use them. Decent tax writeoff. But of course, the charities may end up junking them. I try to make sure they are usable though. - Build your own computer, and re-use a lot of components, and the case. Don't have to throw out much that way, just the occasional motherboard and graphics card. - Buy a really good LCD monitor, and drop the old bulky CRT ones for good. Those things are huge, and are a disposal nightmare. - Apparently Staples offers free recycling of electronics, from any source. What are your thoughts? Title: Millions of tons of electronics going to waste Post by: DarkDryad on January 21, 2005, 07:22:22 AM Been doing this since like forever but my 19 inch touch screens are only CRT based so nope not gonna get rid of em.
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