At 8:37 PM -0800 12/20/2008, Mullin9 wrote: >Ways to clean up old Macs, environmentally. >1 way to clean up an old Mac is to recycle a CRT monitor, and buy an >LCD, especially a LED backed LCD. >another way to do it is to upgrade to new/newer environmentally clean Macs.
This makes sense IFF the hardware has died. If the hardware is functional then adding it to the trash stream is simply NOT an environmentally friendly thing to do! I don't care if "trash stream" is actual trash or a recycling program -- WORKING hardware should NEVER be scrapped. As long as its kept as-is, the hazardous materials are locked in and we aren't spending the energy or resources (water etc) to process them! Ok, I can see trying to justify things because the newer hardware might use less electricity IF its power supply is lower wattage and more efficient. From the consumer point of view, the electric savings is nice. But from the environmental POV - again, that CRT didn't need to be recycled YET. I see this like this whole Compact Florescent effort that we've bought into. The mercury in them makes them one of the worst technologies we've ever used. If you break one at home, technically, you're supposed to report it to your local poison control center so they can initiate the necessary environmental cleanup! Beyond that, their light is awful, and they DONT last the n years they're supposed to. The only way CF lights are a good deal is if you're a stock holder in the companies that make them. The same as for buying new computer hardware just to replace perfectly good working hardware... </rant> - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
