- Jul 11, 2001
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I have some of this around I need to get rid of. I figure it's not acceptable to throw it in my trash. I'm talking about things like:
A full size DVD drive that doesn't work.
Receiver whose FM section went AWOL.
Old not functioning HP4M printer (likely the PS doesn't work).
Boxes of floppy disks.
Motherboards that don't work any more or are hopelessly outdated.
RAM sticks that no one would want anymore.
VCR that doesn't work anymore... I have two of these.
VHS tapes
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I remember hearing about recycling activities such as a one time scheduled drop-off of old electronics, etc., but haven't heard of anything like that these days. I see old TVs on the sidewalk almost every day.
There seems to be a strange silence about old electronics. I've heard that it's not environmentally acceptable to just throw them in landfill.
I know it's against the law to throw your old batteries in the trash in CA. The indie electronics store that I used to bring them to no longer accepts them. They sent me to Urban Ore down on Gilman Street in West Berkeley. Maybe they'll accept old electronics, guess I will call them, but AFAIK they generally just deal in bottles, steel, aluminum, stuff like that.
A full size DVD drive that doesn't work.
Receiver whose FM section went AWOL.
Old not functioning HP4M printer (likely the PS doesn't work).
Boxes of floppy disks.
Motherboards that don't work any more or are hopelessly outdated.
RAM sticks that no one would want anymore.
VCR that doesn't work anymore... I have two of these.
VHS tapes
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I remember hearing about recycling activities such as a one time scheduled drop-off of old electronics, etc., but haven't heard of anything like that these days. I see old TVs on the sidewalk almost every day.
There seems to be a strange silence about old electronics. I've heard that it's not environmentally acceptable to just throw them in landfill.
I know it's against the law to throw your old batteries in the trash in CA. The indie electronics store that I used to bring them to no longer accepts them. They sent me to Urban Ore down on Gilman Street in West Berkeley. Maybe they'll accept old electronics, guess I will call them, but AFAIK they generally just deal in bottles, steel, aluminum, stuff like that.
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