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Computer Recycling Leads to a Wine Bar

So I just had my old computer crap out, and Brett de Woody, our tech dude, is going to see if he can recycle it at Toshiba since I bought my new computer from them, and they have a buy-back deal where we can get $200 for my old laptop even though it is a Compaq - which is a great deal because it is going to take $500 to fix.

I had planned to have tried to return it and tell you all about the process by now, but Heather and I have traveling and Brett is trying to launch a new tip design by the time the Martha show airs (Oct 2) so alas, I will have to fill you in a bit later.  If you are curious, shoot me an email at jen@idealbite.com and I will make sure to send you each emails about the experience. (Okay, who are we kidding, the emails might come from an intern, but alas, that is just so every now and again I can actually get the ferg away from my computer.  Nevertheless, LYL.  - That's "love ya lots" in 8th grader language, which I dig.)

Off to dream of all the toxins we are saving by not sending my computer to the landfill and what we will do with the $200.  Hmm... I know... meet us at Plonk, Bozeman Biters!  - Jen

Posted by: jboulden on 09/25/2006
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Heidi Harting-Rex  on September 25, 2006 at 10:49 AM 1
Greenpeace has an excellent research document on computer companies and which - by their own designated standards - are the most green. I highly recommend it if a new computer purchase is being considered.
Cheryl Welch  on September 25, 2006 at 12:02 PM 2
Also check out www.epeat.net before you BUY your new computer. EPEAT is a procurement tool to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes. It's new and not all vendors are listed because they have to volunteer to be evalutated, but it's worth checking out!
Mae Harms  on September 25, 2006 at 02:23 PM 3
It may sound generous to contribute your old PC to schools. It is not. I was a school teacher. We got hundreds of these dinoaurs. They were too old to accept the programs we were using. Then it became our problem of how to get rid of them. They would be moved to the computer lab and stored until there was hardly room for the class. People need to be willing to pay for disposing of computers they no longer want and not dump them on schools.
Catherine  on October 10, 2006 at 09:49 AM 4
www.DonateIT.us recycles electronics (keeping them out of the landfill) and destroys the data on donated PCs and cell phones for free, meeting the U.S. Department of Defense standard for security.
Patrick  on October 30, 2006 at 12:30 PM 5
Nonprofit organizations can find high-quality, refurbished desktop and laptop computers at a discount at TechSoup (itself a nonprofit organization) - check out http://www.techsoup.org/stock/rci
Frank Miskovsky IV  on April 05, 2007 at 11:00 AM 6
Comtel Liquidators, Inc. operates a permanent waste computer and electronics collection and recycling center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. http://www.comteldeals.com
COmper  on February 12, 2008 at 01:32 PM 7
here is an interesting article on How to tell if your getting a rabbit not a turtle computer http://articlevalhalla.net/computers-and-internet/computershow-to-tell-i...
Onyesoh  on April 03, 2008 at 11:45 AM 8
I found this site www.curbsidebooty.com They run somesort of gorilla recycling program. I like the their name!!
Phone Number  on June 05, 2008 at 12:16 PM 9
that seems interesting http://www.artofapproaching.com/
computer recycling  on August 17, 2008 at 06:02 PM 10
keep this up! _____________ http://www.electronicrecycling.biz/
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