[Techtalk] mobo + cpu combos and PSUs need homes

[Mike Robinson]

If you're in the Bay Area (sorry, Carla, I know this doesn't help you), accrc.org will 
take your old computer equipment.  There are a few dozen other options in the area who 
refurbish what they can and recycle what they can't.

m.


Akkana Peck wrote:
> Carla Schroder writes:
>> Give me a little credit, sheesh, I actually thought of that all by my own 
>> self! And I actually tried! There are not any places around here who want 
>> them. How about you take them off my hands and give them to some charity 
>> yourselves. It's hard to junk usable gear, but I'm not going to hang on to it 
>> forever for "just in case", and I'm not going to travel all over the country 
>> trying to find homes for it.
> 
> It's the same here (Silicon Valley) -- most charities and thrift
> shops aren't interested in old computer equipment. Most of the time
> it comes down to a choice of throwing it away (for free) or paying
> a recycler to take it. So a lot of perfectly good stuff ends up
> in landfills. :-(
> 
> I think part of it is that they assume they'd have to buy copies of
> Windows for any computer donated, so it isn't worth the money for
> old slow hardware ... they can't imagine the possibility of working
> hardware that doesn't need a Windows license at all.
> 
> 	...Akkana
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