Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Recycling old PC's/Company Upgrading. - was Letter etc
clive@tux-it.co.uk said:
An ex-employer used to give us their old PC's, but because of a court case against them they had to be put into a skip.
Very strange... my mind is boggling...
Another angle may be to study the eco-angle (there is a relevant howto), then get your local environmental pressure group to do all the collecting etc. for you.
You may wish to read http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/18/toxic_pc/index.html for a US centric article (littered with words like U-Haul). There are references to (proposed?) EU legislation for Computer Manufacturers to be responsible for ultimate disposal. What is the current state on this... surely the actual content of PCs is such that they should be disposed of as hazardous waste rather than landfill. Our company removed some halon last year at an immense cost for disposal (and you need to ensure that you get appropriate disposal certs so that when the stuff turns up dumped somewhere you have evidence that you correctly disposed of it). The Ecology howto skips the subject of disposal and recyling... its aimed at running a computer with minimal environmental impact Linux Ecology HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO.html Nigel. -- [ - Opinions expressed are personal and may not be shared by VData - ] [ Nigel Metheringham Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk ] [ Phone: +44 1423 850000 Fax +44 1423 858866 ]
hi all some contacts i've made this year with PC recyclers / refurbishers.... Steve Moffatt, Refurbit, Unit B South Boulevard, Kingston upon Hull HU3 4AY Tel:01482 618918 email smoffat@refurbit.hull.co.uk Recycle from local uni's, firms etc. TEC programme so training local youngsters. Nice people. Tech Waste, Unit 186 Thorp Arch Trading Estate. Thorp Arch, Wetherby LS23 7BJ Tel 01937 849777 More of a commercial organisation, but wide range of equipment. Malcolm ------------------------------- Dr Malcolm Herbert Head of Technology R&D, Becta 02476 847126 Mob: 07801 612438 -------------------------------
-----Original Message----- From: Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk [mailto:Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk] Sent: 22 September 2000 11:59 To: clive@tux-it.co.uk Cc: Schools List Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Recycling old PC's/Company Upgrading. - was Letter etc
clive@tux-it.co.uk said:
An ex-employer used to give us their old PC's, but because of a court case against them they had to be put into a skip.
Very strange... my mind is boggling...
Another angle may be to study the eco-angle (there is a relevant howto), then get your local environmental pressure group to do all the collecting etc. for you.
You may wish to read http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/18/toxic_pc/index.html
for a US centric article (littered with words like U-Haul).
There are references to (proposed?) EU legislation for Computer Manufacturers to be responsible for ultimate disposal. What is the current state on this... surely the actual content of PCs is such that they should be disposed of as hazardous waste rather than landfill. Our company removed some halon last year at an immense cost for disposal (and you need to ensure that you get appropriate disposal certs so that when the stuff turns up dumped somewhere you have evidence that you correctly disposed of it).
The Ecology howto skips the subject of disposal and recyling... its aimed at running a computer with minimal environmental impact
Linux Ecology HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO.html
Nigel. -- [ - Opinions expressed are personal and may not be shared by VData - ] [ Nigel Metheringham Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk ] [ Phone: +44 1423 850000 Fax +44 1423 858866 ]
I know nothing about this one except that it's in the same line of business: S.C.R.A.P.-I.T. ltd Schools Computer Recycling And Parts - Information Technology C/o Myrtle Spring School Gleedless Road Sheffield S2 UK Tel & Fax no: 0114 239 2399 On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Malcolm wrote:
hi all
some contacts i've made this year with PC recyclers / refurbishers....
Steve Moffatt, Refurbit, Unit B South Boulevard, Kingston upon Hull HU3 4AY Tel:01482 618918 email smoffat@refurbit.hull.co.uk Recycle from local uni's, firms etc. TEC programme so training local youngsters. Nice people.
Tech Waste, Unit 186 Thorp Arch Trading Estate. Thorp Arch, Wetherby LS23 7BJ Tel 01937 849777 More of a commercial organisation, but wide range of equipment.
Malcolm ------------------------------- Dr Malcolm Herbert Head of Technology R&D, Becta 02476 847126 Mob: 07801 612438 -------------------------------
-----Original Message----- From: Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk [mailto:Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk] Sent: 22 September 2000 11:59 To: clive@tux-it.co.uk Cc: Schools List Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Recycling old PC's/Company Upgrading. - was Letter etc
clive@tux-it.co.uk said:
An ex-employer used to give us their old PC's, but because of a court case against them they had to be put into a skip.
Very strange... my mind is boggling...
Another angle may be to study the eco-angle (there is a relevant howto), then get your local environmental pressure group to do all the collecting etc. for you.
You may wish to read http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/18/toxic_pc/index.html
for a US centric article (littered with words like U-Haul).
There are references to (proposed?) EU legislation for Computer Manufacturers to be responsible for ultimate disposal. What is the current state on this... surely the actual content of PCs is such that they should be disposed of as hazardous waste rather than landfill. Our company removed some halon last year at an immense cost for disposal (and you need to ensure that you get appropriate disposal certs so that when the stuff turns up dumped somewhere you have evidence that you correctly disposed of it).
The Ecology howto skips the subject of disposal and recyling... its aimed at running a computer with minimal environmental impact
Linux Ecology HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO.html
Nigel. -- [ - Opinions expressed are personal and may not be shared by VData - ] [ Nigel Metheringham Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk ] [ Phone: +44 1423 850000 Fax +44 1423 858866 ]
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Here is a url for an Environ factsheet, which has a contact for those donating equipment for re-use by schools and community groups, and a few other similar projects. S.C.R.A.P.-I.T. is a clever name - a Leicestershire company is called 'Complete Wasters', contact details on the same Environ factsheet. http://www.environ.org.uk/informationfiles/environ/2-4-3-9.htm HTH Clive. On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, you wrote:
I know nothing about this one except that it's in the same line of business:
S.C.R.A.P.-I.T. ltd Schools Computer Recycling And Parts - Information Technology C/o Myrtle Spring School Gleedless Road Sheffield S2 UK Tel & Fax no: 0114 239 2399
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