How to dispose of ancient computer equipment

[Icepick]

I have a Gateway PC that dates back to 1998 - P2 266MHz, onboard graphics, I think 256MB RAM. What's the best way to dispose of it? I think that the landfill will charge me $$ to take it. Are there places that recycle old equipment like this?

How about the 15" monitor from the same year? Should I just pitch them?

 

[bendixG15]

Don't know any places that take this stuff for free.
Even the charities don't want it, cause they get junk and have to pay to dispose of it.

My town will charge $10.00 or $15.00 to dump a 15 inch monitor.

 

[Icepick]

Thanks for the reply Bendix.

That is a stupid policy. Why would they charge for disposing of hazardous waste? If they charge people that much to dispose of something then they will most likely just stick it in a plastic bag and throw it in the dumpster. Then the town will take it for free. (Not that I would do this 🙂) If it's really hazardous they should accept this stuff at the landfill free of charge so that it can be disposed of properly.

Guess I'll have to bite the bullet and pay.

 

[corkyg]

If you have the time, you can always get some tools and completely disassemble your components, and then dispose of the parts. Not all of them are "hazardous."

What do you do with burnt out light bulbs and dead flashlight batteries? 🙂

And, you can always try this. Put the stuff in your car in the back seat - park it in a mall or some place convenient, and then leave it unlocked. Sometimes those things just disappear. 🙂

 

[humanure]

Originally posted by: corkyg
If you have the time, you can always get some tools and completely disassemble your components, and then dispose of the parts. Not all of them are "hazardous."

What do you do with burnt out light bulbs and dead flashlight batteries? 🙂

And, you can always try this. Put the stuff in your car in the back seat - park it in a mall or some place convenient, and then leave it unlocked. Sometimes those things just disappear. 🙂

😛 lol let some thief deal with it, great idea!

 

[Sforsyth]

Get a Intel Daul Core sticker and put it on it then leave it on the curb, someone will take it thinking it faster then it is and he monitor to.

 

[bruceb]

I still have an old Northstar Horizon Z80 machine that I no longer use.
It belongs in a museum ... circa 1980 + / - a year or so

 

[Icepick]

Originally posted by: corkyg
If you have the time, you can always get some tools and completely disassemble your components, and then dispose of the parts. Not all of them are "hazardous."

What do you do with burnt out light bulbs and dead flashlight batteries? 🙂

And, you can always try this. Put the stuff in your car in the back seat - park it in a mall or some place convenient, and then leave it unlocked. Sometimes those things just disappear. 🙂

Great idea! Now, that's thinking outside the box.

 

[Icepick]

Originally posted by: Sforsyth
Get a Intel Daul Core sticker and put it on it then leave it on the curb, someone will take it thinking it faster then it is and he monitor to.

haha. You're probably right and I just happen to have a core2duo sticker laying around here 🙂

 

[Cogman]

lol, Yeah, putting it in the car could make it disappear, but it might make the car disappear as well.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Icepick
I have a Gateway PC that dates back to 1998 - P2 266MHz, onboard graphics, I think 256MB RAM. What's the best way to dispose of it? I think that the landfill will charge me $$ to take it. Are there places that recycle old equipment like this?

How about the 15" monitor from the same year? Should I just pitch them?

I can tell you what happenned the other day......
But I`m not going to tell you to do the same thing..

I woke up the other day to somebody going through the dumpster....
Whewn in fact the next morning it turned out they were disposing there old computer monitors and stuff in our dumpster.....

Take it from there young JEDI...

 

[PianoMan]

I donated 4 working computer monitors to our local Goodwill store. As long as they're working, they'll take it.

Just keep an eye out for recycling drives. In CA, they very often come up, where you can just drop off old computer stuff for free.

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