instead of trashing that old computer/peripheral, recycle and hp will pay you!
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Originally posted by: kenkhanh
i read the article from cnet last night. they don't really pay you, they will give you coupons toward future on-line HP purchases. what the article didn't clearly mention is that they still charge you for recycling fee.
but it's still a very good thing for what HP is doing. most of other recycling companies dump their stuffs to poor countries where children scavaging the toxic parts for metal (gold and copy) for under $1USD per day.
I hope other PC manufacturers will follow HP's program, especially big and rich companies like Intel, Dell, Gateway, Micron, IBM and Microsoft. And do something like giving more discount coupons to their brands than others?
Kudos to HP.
Dell does do this... and they will give you a 10% home s+p coupon for doing so. I found out it only costs about $8 to ship to an old 486 IBM PS2 Model 70 to a site they gave me in-state (USPS parcel post).
Originally posted by: kenkhanh
i read the article from cnet last night. they don't really pay you, they will give you coupons toward future on-line HP purchases. what the article didn't clearly mention is that they still charge you for recycling fee.
but it's still a very good thing for what HP is doing. most of other recycling companies dump their stuffs to poor countries where children scavaging the toxic parts for metal (gold and copy) for under $1USD per day.
I hope other PC manufacturers will follow HP's program, especially big and rich companies like Intel, Dell, Gateway, Micron, IBM and Microsoft. And do something like giving more discount coupons to their brands than others?
Kudos to HP.
Originally posted by: alm4rr
plus, all they do to recycle is dump it in a third world country
Originally posted by: kracmunkie
Are you kidding? I've interned at HP for the past 4 years and I've toured the recycling plant. The place is incredible. Kinda funny, saw these kids I went to HS with doing the recycling while i was walking around in my business cas stuff observing them like they were monkeys...ok it wasnt THAT bad but it made me feel better for being a nerd in HS!
Originally posted by: jbwhite99
Check this out before you do your recycling with Dell:
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