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Recycle Fee For Each PC?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the officious-permissionism dept.

UncleJosh writes: "The New York Times (free reg rq'd) has a story about a $25-30 fee to be added to the price of a new PC to cover the cost of recycling it. Sort of like a bottle deposit, but you don't get the money back." What if I just want to buy the case?

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  1. Strange. by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 5, Funny

    Politicians don't have to pay a recycle tax for each stupid piece of boneheaded legislation they keep recycling from election year to election year.

    1. Re:Strange. by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 3, Funny

      The sad part is, there is no need to recycle. I'll take em all ;)

      6 dozen and counting....

  2. Send it to Michigan? by hij · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean I can take my machine to Michigan and get my $25 deposit back?

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    1. Re:Send it to Michigan? by rmohr02 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, but in order to make a profit you'd have to get a free truck from your neighborhood mailman.

  3. recycle? by rastachops · · Score: 3, Funny

    You mean people throw PCs away?!?

    1. Re:recycle? by yobbo · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm as surprised as you.

      I just thought they got banished to geek's basements where they spend the rest of their lives running sendmail.

    2. Re:recycle? by Servo5678 · · Score: 3, Funny
      I have an old 486 with Windows 3.1 sitting under my bed just waiting for the day that I call it back into action.

      Patience, my dear, patience...

  4. Re:Why put the fee up front? by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because then you'd have people running underground computer junkyards.

    There's one down the street from me. It's called Grateway County, or something like that.

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  5. Re:this is retarded... by Carnivorous+Carrot · · Score: 2, Funny

    > You could drive a car into this machine they
    > have and it would be able to recycle it.

    (grind grind grind) In this bucket, the metal. In this bucket, the plastic. In this bucket, the body parts. In this bucket, the glass...

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  6. Don't recycle....have fun by thumbtack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here's what you do...take your old system, the one totally devoid of anything you may possibly ever use. After dark, set it outside beside your car near the trunk. Arrange it to look like you just took it out of the trunk, set it down and forgot to carry it in. It will most likely be gone in the morning. If not, just leave it there a day or two, eventually someone will make it disappear.

    A while back there was a story on The Screensavers,(I looked I can't find it) where someone took a case filled it with concrete, and set it on their front porch. As I recall it sat on his porch for about 3 days, then it disappeared during the night. They found it about 3 blocks away, in a ditch.