I had two old monitors to recycle recently, and had a hard time finding some
place who would take care of it for me for free. Here it is for the list's
benefit:
Lucency Corp.
801-364-4733 or drive to 790 W. 1760 S.(enter from 1700 S.).
I just called first, and drove my stuff out to them. If you have lots of
stuff, they'll even come pick it up. They repair what they can, and recycle
the rest. When I was there they had 15" and 17" monitors for less than $30.
They had lots of other stuff too, but I was in a hurry.
Maybe someone will find this information useful. It really is scary what we
put in the landfill. Electronics waste is a real problem that we will one day
have to reckon with.
Richard Esplin
On Friday 12 December 2003 18:39, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 17:16, Matt W. wrote:
> > Basically, you will find just about anything that a university could
> > surplus. Yes you /could/ find a rack or a raid controller; will there be
> > one there? Difficult to say, but chances are there won't be. For past
> > surplus sales, they used to publish a list of hardware that will be up
> > for grabs, I haven't seen one in a while though.
>
> They still do publish a list of things, but that list hasn't changed in
> 2 years. The list they put on is more of a price guide than an
> availability thing.
>
> The way surplus is intended to work is that when a department is done
> with something, they have surplus take it away. Then it is supposed to
> be offered (at minimal cost) to other departments on campus who can use
> that, or as equipment that can be rented to students. If no one needs
> it, then it goes to the church to be used if they need/want it. After
> than it's offered to the CES department. Finally it ends up at a sale.
> So most likely things are 4 to 5 years old at least. So don't expect to
> find much of value there. After the surplus sale, stuff they can't sell
> is given to DI. Eventually it probably gets thrown away. Therein lies
> some of BYU's biggest problems, though, as computers really are toxic
> waste. It is unfortunate that computers aren't being recycled very much
> for raw materials. Overseas, thousands of people are poisoned every
> year going through our trash that we ship them, trying to make a meager
> living selling copper wire from traces, etc.
>
> There are other problems with BYU surplus, which is why you rarely see
> anything decent at a sale any more. These problems have been made known
> to the administration, and they will take action to remedy them
> eventually (people problems), at least as long as the Deans keep
> reminding them.
>
> Michael
>
> > Matt W.
> >
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