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Proper Disposal Of Old PCs?

Posted by simoniker on from the down-sewer-to-sea dept.

IMNTPC writes "Over the years, I've advanced from a 386DX-33 to a Celeron 1.3 Ghz system. I've slowly been accumulating enough old parts that now I think it's time to start disposing of anything that predates a Pentium 166. Does anyone know of a good place that will properly dispose/recycle of these old parts and PCs for little or no money? So far I've found pcdisposal.com, but anyone know of any others, either online or physical dropoff points in major metropolitan areas?"

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  1. EBAY!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those suckers will buy ANYTHING!

  2. Old run down neighborhoods are great places by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just leave it out on the sidewalk and enterprising young people who are cash-strapped can build their e-empire using your old throw-aways.

    It's the American Dream.

    --
    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
    1. Re:Old run down neighborhoods are great places by Mesaeus · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wouldn't use a "take me" sign, but a "valuable ! do not take this" one. Basic human psychology.

    2. Re:Old run down neighborhoods are great places by Bz3rk · · Score: 3, Funny

      Somebody left a computer on the sidewalk next to the trash in my (not so run down) neighborhood. Took it home and it was a working 200mhz! Sadly, no porn was left on it.

    3. Re:Old run down neighborhoods are great places by RackinFrackin · · Score: 4, Funny

      I know someone who used this strategy to get rid of an old nonfunctional fridge. The fridge was in his workshop, which is in a really bad part of the city. When it died, he put it on the side of the road, expecting the garbage pickup to get it. After it sat there for a few weeks, the sanitation dept told him that he'd have to pay to have it hauled away. He put a for-sale sign on it one night, and it was gone the next morning.

    4. Re:Old run down neighborhoods are great places by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Just be sure and format, (really format) your HDD, and place a floppy with tomsrtbt linux on it in the drive. Include a little card on how to navigate to the MAN pages.

  3. Re:Ebay by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 2, Funny
    I put all my old parts, working or not on ebay People are actually willing to buy them In fact I read an article a while back that NASA has been trolling Ebay for old computers to power our space shuttle..

    If you've got any old Cisco 2501 routers be sure to put them on eBay too since NASA is especially looking for those for their shuttles... yea, their shuttles, that's the ticket. Make sure not to priced it more than $150 with the buy now option.