Yep.. much better than tossing them into landfill. Not everything inside a computer can safely be returned to the earth. Dumping them into the rubbish, leaving them for hard waste collection or giving them away to be dumped is abrogating our responsibility to provide a pathway to safely dispose of this equipment. Here is the VITTA position statement on this issue.
<br> <a href="http://drupal.vitta.org.au/ewaste">http://drupal.vitta.org.au/ewaste</a><br><br>Our college has a policy of taking back and arranging for the safe disposal of any computer hardware that we have rebuilt and given away. It may cost money but it is part of our social contact to do the right thing.
<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Sutton</b> <<a href="mailto:sutto@starnaudsc.vic.edu.au">sutto@starnaudsc.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I was just wondering how other dispose of their old computers once they are<br>finished with them. We have about 100 or so computers and 15inch Monitors<br>that need to be disposed of and can't imagine that anyone will want them but
<br>we are also aware of the environmental hazards of putting computers into<br>tips. We are a country school but we could get a truck and take them to a<br>recycling place if anyone would actually have them.<br><br>Andrew Sutton
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