Changing a School's Tech Disposal Policy?

An anonymous reader writes "I attend a state university where a new building has recently been put in, and a new budget put in place. They have decided to upgrade all the computer systems involved in the department, with a few slight exceptions. From my limited understanding, State policy is that we cannot just let things go, they have to be sent back to the state capital in order to take them off the books. Then they put them in the dumpster. I feel that this is a huge waste of useful machines (some are merely two years old), but I know not how to change this. Any suggestions, or does anyone know where Illinois dumps used tech?"

Comments

Where's the incentive?

[Erich]

Who cares about saving money in the government any more? You can just get some more bonds issued... more free money! It's even better if you're the Federal Government, the Federal Reserve will loan you all the money you want. You can loose (literally) tons of hundred dollar bills and not care! A few computers a couple of years old is chump change. Maybe you didn't get the memo.