News, Would you pay 10.00 to get rid of your computer? Staples starts computer recycle program. (best, town)

[texdav]

After see the pollution it is causing in countries like china and india in a PBS program on coputers being shipped and recycled there' I would definitely consider it.But I want to know where they go from there.I am no big envoronmentalist but I don't want them in dumps or being shippped oversea to endanger the poor. there.

[OIF VET]

i destroy the hard drive the best i can. break it apart, freeze it, then put a grinder to it. for the rest of the computer i toss it in the trash

[WFW&P]

I did vote "no" only because there is a facility nearby my home that accepts household hazardous waste, electronics included.

[plwhit]

For the last 20 years I have donated my old computers to my church.

Another no vote here....

[Lamplight]

I'd put it in the "free" section on Craigslist. Anything I've ever listed for free on Craigslist is always gone within the day, no matter what it is. Interestingly, if I listed the same thing for $1 I wouldn't get a single response. But free? 30+ emails within a couple of hours.

[hensleya1]

Hi all--

Pay to get rid of something?







Don't kid yourself. If the computer's certifiably dead and there's nothing I can salvage, it goes in the nearest dumpster. After I've ruined the hard drive beyond recognition.

[bradykp]

other companies do this for free, communities often do this, many people's employers do it...all for free. amazing staples would charge.

[2cold]

Last time I checked my town was charging $10 to throw away an old computer.
They charge us $5.40 for each can of trash, but at least they'll pick up the cans. We'd have to deliver the old computers, but it's closer than driving to Staples.

[green_mariner]

NO. NO. NO. I would not want to pay to get rid of a computer. If my computer is still in good working condition, I will try and sell it, or its components. If I want to recycle it, I'm happy to give it away. Paying to give something away is kind of crazy.

[fibonacci]

If they recycle it properly then yes. E-waste is HUGE and HORRIBLE problem. Americans simply don't see the god awful trash they're dumping on places like poor countries in Africa or shanty towns in China.