I have 3 old comps I want to get rid of. I do not want to just throw them in the garbage.
2007-03-20 11:48:40 · 13 answers · asked by Debbie D 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
http://www.ehow.com/how_9173_recycle-used-computers.html
2007-03-20 11:51:24 · answer #1 · answered by defragmentedbrain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on how old the computers are and if they're still usable, you might want to either contact your local recycling centre or donate them to some charity. Or if the parts are a mixture of old and newer parts, then you could salvage and donate some of them, while you send the rest for recycling.
2007-03-20 18:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by Who, me? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Join your local Freecycle group! Post to their forum offering what you'd like to get rid of using an honest description and people will e-mail you back if they want it. You can determine if they come to you, if you want to meet them somewhere public (recommended for personal safety) or you can offer to drop it off.
To find a Freecycle group in your area go too:
http://www.freecycle.org
In my area I often take non-functioning or just old PC's people don't want, fix them up, wipe their drives, reload their OS or more commonly load Linux on them ( Its free and I'm not paying 200.00 for a copy of Windows ) then repost them on Freecycle for people that need or want a PC and don't need the latest n' greatest.
2007-03-20 19:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by devlin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contact your local authority and have it collected for recycling as the components in a computer contain harmfull chemicals if you put into a landfill sight .also they may well pass it onto a third world recycling scheme or for the less well of it can be refurbished
2007-03-20 18:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by leonard24seven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give it To someone that can use it their is allot of people and kids in high school that still don't have a computer or donate it to Community Collage for there Computer repair program or just take it to one of those recycling places that specialize in ewaste
2007-03-20 18:58:18 · answer #5 · answered by AC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Difficult to salvage any money...best to save hard drives, keyboards, memories to use in an affordable HP which comes with ONE HD and ONE smallmemory card...my darling wife cleaned thiskeyboard and now the space bar is lame and drives me CRAZY...gotta get anold one or I'llgoNUTS messing with lame-o junko here...
2007-03-20 18:54:41 · answer #6 · answered by acct10132002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending how old your computer is, Circuit City has a thing where they will buy your old computer from you, just as long as it's not too old
2007-03-20 18:59:20 · answer #7 · answered by Thomas1190 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Donate to a local school they always need them
2007-03-20 18:56:20 · answer #8 · answered by daisey36 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could always sell them on ebay.
If they are old, then you probably won't get much.
But if they are newer i'm sure you can get a couple hundred or so.
2007-03-22 18:11:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Donate to schools or Goodwill.
2007-03-20 18:51:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
deleate everything off of them then take them to a computer recycling place.They use them if they can for parts.
2007-03-20 18:56:55 · answer #11 · answered by swtluvingcntrygirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋