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Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:51 am
by Apoptosis
Electronics often contain useful materials such as precious metals, glass, and plastics that should be recovered rather than buried in a landfill. Since older computers contain harmful materials like lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic and PCBs they should be recycled, but how do you go about doing that? Read on to find out!
Article Title: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/968/1/
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:53 am
by vicaphit
It is too bad that there are companies charging to recycle. My parents have 4 old towers (including an old P1 75htz) which need to be tossed/recycled, but if I have to pay $40 to recycle them, I would rather throw them in the trash.
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:01 pm
by bubba
For my work we use WITS down off N. Broadway in STL
http://www.witsinc.org/
They take anything in any condition. What still works (or can be fixed) is used for job rehab and the re-donated back into the world. What can't be fixed is stripped and recycled/disposed of properly.
Almost all places will charge for TV's, CRT's due mainly to what is in them. Here is what WITS in STL charges
* Computers, Monitors($5 fee), Printers, Cables and Peripherals (keyboards and Mice etc)
* Office Equipment, Business equipment and machinery including most furniture and operations equipment
* Networking equipment, Server, telecommunications, Phones,cell phones, clocks, etc
* Tv’s($10, 15 or 20 fee based on size), VCR, Stereos and like audio and video equipment including cable/satellite
· Home electronics, blenders, toasters, irons etc and most home furniture(please call)
· White Goods: Washers, Dryers, dishwashers, furnaces etc ($5 fee)
· Medical Equipment and all types Diagnostic equipment
· Electrical, cabling, and Communication machinery and equipment
· Industrial machinery and equipment including power and gas equipment. Lawn Equipment, tools, old mowers, tillers etc.
· Air conditioners, refrigerators, humidifiers and other Freon containing devices($5 fee)
· Old motors, transformers, and other electrical equipment.
· Car and lead-containing batteries and items
· Cd's, VHS, DVD, Cassette, DAT, and all type of data tapes
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:44 pm
by Major_A
Is there something like this in St. Louis?
http://www.houstoncomputerworks.org/
1. It goes to helping the needy.
2. Recycling old parts is 100% free.
I found out about it from the local newspaper's tech writer's blog. I usually don't read it seeing as all he wants to talk about is iPhones and Macs. Here is the link to the blog with pictures from his visit to the store.
http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archive ... res_t.html
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 3:14 pm
by geokilla
Last summer we threw a whole bunch of stuff out into the trash....One of them was a 10 year old Toshiba 42" CRT TV. Wonder what those garbage guys did with them...
No we didn't throw it out onto the street. These garbage guys came by and loaded it onto their truck.
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 4:53 pm
by bubba
WITS isn't 100% free, but they do give stuff back to the community and do the job rehab training with the stuff.
geokilla wrote:Last summer we threw a whole bunch of stuff out into the trash....One of them was a 10 year old Toshiba 42" CRT TV. Wonder what those garbage guys did with them...
No we didn't throw it out onto the street. These garbage guys came by and loaded it onto their truck.
Sounds like junkers to me. My neighborhood has a bulk pick up every Friday afternoon. Starting Thursday night the junkers are cruising the neighborhood, last couch I pitched didn't set at the street more then 20mins.
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:33 pm
by Nonsense
www.atrecycle.com
Advanced Technology Recycling only charges residents for tvs and monitors. PCs and everything else is free.
You need to realize yes you have to charge to recycle,but it is no different than when you buy new tires you have to pay to recycle those,or when you get a new car battery. Plain and simple if you have to pay a few dollars to make a difference what is the problem
Also companies like WITS that don't charge won't last long. It costs a lot of money to recycle tvs and monitors especially. Alot of companies that are not charging are more than likely sending this equipment over seas,which is no good.
Go with companies you know will take care of the equipment properly and not send over seas
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:47 pm
by Major_A
Nonsense wrote:http://www.atrecycle.com
You need to realize yes you have to charge to recycle,but it is no different than when you buy new tires you have to pay to recycle those,or when you get a new car battery.
I only pay those fees because I essentially have no other choice. My TV breaks I have the option to throw it in the trash.
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:06 pm
by bmaverick
I'll be looking for a place near or around Nashville. If anyone has a link to assist please advise.
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:49 am
by Illuminati
Major_A wrote:Nonsense wrote:http://www.atrecycle.com
You need to realize yes you have to charge to recycle,but it is no different than when you buy new tires you have to pay to recycle those,or when you get a new car battery.
I only pay those fees because I essentially have no other choice. My TV breaks I have the option to throw it in the trash.
Yes, you have that choice, but it is also illegal to simply throw TVs or CRT monitors in the trash. The trash companies are not supposed to take them.
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:50 pm
by Major_A
My point is if you are forced to recycle a product then I think it's BS that I have to pay for the service. I'm sure my neighborhood could get away with throwing a body in the trash. There aren't any trash men here only the driver with the hydraulic arm.
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:28 am
by Illuminati
I also agree it sux to have to pay for recycling many electronic devices. However, the point of the article is, "If you care, here's a way to find out your options." Please take the article for what it was intended and don't use it to promote illegal alternatives.
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:23 pm
by Nonsense
Major_A wrote:My point is if you are forced to recycle a product then I think it's BS that I have to pay for the service. I'm sure my neighborhood could get away with throwing a body in the trash. There aren't any trash men here only the driver with the hydraulic arm.
you have to pay to recycle tires or batteries so why not the other items that have horrible contents in them?
Re: Recycle Your Broken Computer Parts and Towers
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:02 pm
by Major_A
Sort of - our county has several dumps and they take tires, batteries and oil. The dump pass is $7 for two years.