I've given up trying to recycle old computers.
Scavenge any parts that you can and the rest goes to Sim's Metal. They
recycle everything. The first time I went there with 3 old boxen, they
apologised because they couldn't pay me for such a small load, but I was
delighted it wasn't going to landfill. Every other recycler seemed to
want to get paid to pick them up.
If you have a pallet load, they might give you something for them. I'm
not sure what their limits are.
Alternatively, there is a branch of Reverse Garbage that restores and
resells old computers.
http://www.simsmm.com/au/contact-us/
http://www.facebook.com/RevGarb
On 30/07/12 11:57, Jamie Lennox wrote:
Hey all,
I've got 3 older desktops in various working order. One of them is a
motherboard issue, one i think is graphics, the other is just old and crap.
I'm trying to recycle them. I don't think any of them are worth anything
but there is a bunch of parts that are useful including 2x400gb, 320gb
hdds old audigy cards etc. One is a Core2 and another is a amd64 which
i'm pretty sure work fine.
I'm moving soon and can't wait till the community drop of days. It seems
like a waste to dump not to mention environmental issues, but i cannot
find anybody to take them. Nobody is interested unless i have a
commercial load to offer and pay for at those rates. Wesley is out of
business and so are some others i've found.
How do you recycle old computers?
Thanks,
Jamie
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