Finding a place to get rid of (read:recycle) a monitor is frustrating as a student

[UnatcoAgent]

I just talked to the local staples and asked the customer service rep if they knew of anywhere that had a computer recycling program in effect, and she just made a long gurking noise at me in response, not understanding the concept.

Anyone know of a place to get rid of a CRT in North York / Toronto ?

 

[SynthDude2001]

Vacant field. :evil:

 

[OulOat]

QUICK REPLY IS BACK!!!!

 

[dethman]

i never saw it leave.

 

[slpaulson]

If you're a student, put up flyers and give it away for free. I'm sure somebody would want it.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
If you're a student, put up flyers and give it away for free. I'm sure somebody would want it.

The red gun has died, so unless they like GB colours...

 

[DnetMHZ]

There are no dumpsters on campus??

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
There are no dumpsters on campus??

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
There are no dumpsters on campus??

That's what I was thinking.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
There are no dumpsters on campus??

I could easily toss the thing, but it's a big Viewsonic CRT I don't want sitting in a landfill.

 

[Mr N8]

Office Depot. You can bring in 1 piece of computer hardware to be recycled for free.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
Office Depot. You can bring in 1 piece of computer hardware to be recycled for free.

I just called them about it. Staples=Office Depot here. Chick had no idea what I was talking about.

I'll try another store.

 

[Bootprint]

Jump onto the TTC subway with it and accidentally forget.

 

[CptObvious]

I believe Office Depot ended their free monitor recycling program last year.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
I believe Office Depot ended their free monitor recycling program last year.

Just confirmed that via phone.

Damn.

Looking like the dumpster.

 

[lancestorm]

<applauds OP's want to recycle> Wish there were more of you </applauds>

 

[shilala]

Quite frankly, I think students are more frustrating.

 

[nmcglennon]

Post ads on buletin boards on campus,

or... donate it to your computer science dept. They dont mind crap like that.

 

[TipsyMcStagger]

Donate it to a charity

I donated my old one to AKF - American kidney fund. They even picked it up for me.

 

[Modeps]

Throw it in a dumpster.

 

[DeMeo]

Try the town/city waste transfer station. Many of them take CRTs for recycle. Of course, they probably won't let you in unless you're a resident.

you could alway try salvation army or goodwill or something like that.

 

[mchammer187]

queues Office Space music

:music: back that ass up with the resurrection :music:

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: DeMeo
Try the town/city waste transfer station. Many of them take CRTs for recycle. Of course, they probably won't let you in unless you're a resident.

you could alway try salvation army or goodwill or something like that.

The thing doesn't really work though, and I don't have a vehicle very often. Hmm.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: OulOat
QUICK REPLY IS BACK!!!!

Yep. It's been back a while.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: DeMeo
Try the town/city waste transfer station. Many of them take CRTs for recycle. Of course, they probably won't let you in unless you're a resident.

you could alway try salvation army or goodwill or something like that.

The thing doesn't really work though, and I don't have a vehicle very often. Hmm.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

I feel your pain aswell. I have a lot of broken computer parts and I still wonder what I can do with these because they can easily be recycled. It pisses me off to see things go into a dumpster because people don't know what thier doing/don't give a sh!t about recycling. They have computer hardware recycling centers (one in SF) and they recycle computer parts, though I don't know where it is. You might have to look online for computer recycling, I heard companies like IBM and Dell recycle computer parts but you might have to buy one of their computers.