i need some help with recycling some of my eletronic components. I have just random stuff like usb adapter cards, various cables, ac-dc power supplies to components that i no longer have, an empty computer case, old ram, old hard drives etc. I have boxes of these things that i would like to get rid of properly or recycle. I've looked at various sites and they seem to want specific items so they can refurbish them. any place that will take any electronic components regardless if they can reuse them?
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Best Buy does (I think). It's free too. I ditched an old monitor that was set to explode with them. All I had to do was take it to customer service and place it on the counter.
Worth checking out at least.
Worth checking out at least.
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[quote name='SneakyPenguin']Best Buy does (I think). It's free too. I ditched an old monitor that was set to explode with them. All I had to do was take it to customer service and place it on the counter.
Worth checking out at least.[/QUOTE]
I thought shit with monitors required $10- and they also give a $10 gift card to you to offset it.
Worth checking out at least.[/QUOTE]
I thought shit with monitors required $10- and they also give a $10 gift card to you to offset it.
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Might be YMMV. I was waiting in line with it and they told me to just dump it on the counter and then I left.
[quote name='sthenic']The is usually an area at the dump where you can drop off electronic equipment[/QUOTE]
yea but i was looking to recycle. theres a good deal of copper in here. probably a ton of mercury and other toxic chemicals as well.
a place near me actually charges you like 1.50 per part. i'd be out a few hundred with that pricing
yea but i was looking to recycle. theres a good deal of copper in here. probably a ton of mercury and other toxic chemicals as well.
a place near me actually charges you like 1.50 per part. i'd be out a few hundred with that pricing
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[quote name='Dead of Knight']I thought shit with monitors required $10- and they also give a $10 gift card to you to offset it.[/QUOTE]
Makes sense, get you in the store and charge you, then force you to shop there with your giftcard, lol.
Never heard of that though. Maybe it's something they did but don't do everywhere, like if the EPA called them out on trying to profit through recycling stuff that really should be recycled.
I'd check the papers. Lots of towns, mine for one, does a regular thing where anybody can haul in old electronics and toss them in a parking lot. Then it all gets sorted and picked up later to be recycled. I took in a few old computers and a couple monitors once.
[quote name='shosh']yea but i was looking to recycle. theres a good deal of copper in here. probably a ton of mercury and other toxic chemicals as well.
a place near me actually charges you like 1.50 per part. i'd be out a few hundred with that pricing[/QUOTE]
Might not be worth it. The scrapyard near me are royal pricks. Bunch of ultra-blue-collar assholes that hate their lives. They make you sort it all by yourself and weigh it yourself, and if it's copper that you can't remove yourself they won't take it. Place photocopies your drivers license too, thinking you're some crackhead that stole it from a construction site to pay for your next fix. And won't take your copper if it's not a certain number of pounds. Yet are fine with legit crackheads walking in with an armful of aluminum siding (stolen off somebody's house) and will let them trade in about 0.5lbs of it.
Makes sense, get you in the store and charge you, then force you to shop there with your giftcard, lol.
Never heard of that though. Maybe it's something they did but don't do everywhere, like if the EPA called them out on trying to profit through recycling stuff that really should be recycled.
I'd check the papers. Lots of towns, mine for one, does a regular thing where anybody can haul in old electronics and toss them in a parking lot. Then it all gets sorted and picked up later to be recycled. I took in a few old computers and a couple monitors once.
[quote name='shosh']yea but i was looking to recycle. theres a good deal of copper in here. probably a ton of mercury and other toxic chemicals as well.
a place near me actually charges you like 1.50 per part. i'd be out a few hundred with that pricing[/QUOTE]
Might not be worth it. The scrapyard near me are royal pricks. Bunch of ultra-blue-collar assholes that hate their lives. They make you sort it all by yourself and weigh it yourself, and if it's copper that you can't remove yourself they won't take it. Place photocopies your drivers license too, thinking you're some crackhead that stole it from a construction site to pay for your next fix. And won't take your copper if it's not a certain number of pounds. Yet are fine with legit crackheads walking in with an armful of aluminum siding (stolen off somebody's house) and will let them trade in about 0.5lbs of it.
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[quote name='shosh']i need some help with recycling some of my eletronic components. I have just random stuff like usb adapter cards, various cables, ac-dc power supplies to components that i no longer have, an empty computer case, old ram, old hard drives etc. I have boxes of these things that i would like to get rid of properly or recycle. I've looked at various sites and they seem to want specific items so they can refurbish them. any place that will take any electronic components regardless if they can reuse them?[/QUOTE]
Sorry, but I have to ask. Any chance you're looking to recycle a 2.5" IDE hard drive? :lol:
Sorry, but I have to ask. Any chance you're looking to recycle a 2.5" IDE hard drive? :lol:
[quote name='crunchb3rry']I'd check the papers. Lots of towns, mine for one, does a regular thing where anybody can haul in old electronics and toss them in a parking lot. Then it all gets sorted and picked up later to be recycled. I took in a few old computers and a couple monitors once.[/QUOTE]
This- most decent sized communities have city sponsored 'bring in your electronics to recycle' events where they take it for free. If the papers don't help, call waste management for your town (and maybe one or two nearby) to see if they're planning such a thing.
This- most decent sized communities have city sponsored 'bring in your electronics to recycle' events where they take it for free. If the papers don't help, call waste management for your town (and maybe one or two nearby) to see if they're planning such a thing.
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[quote name='Dead of Knight']I thought shit with monitors required $10- and they also give a $10 gift card to you to offset it.[/QUOTE]That is correct about monitors. The same goes for TVs.
Anything that isn't an PC with a HDD installed, a TV or a monitor, they'll take three items per day per person for free recycling.
[quote name='DuelLadyS']This- most decent sized communities have city sponsored 'bring in your electronics to recycle' events where they take it for free. If the papers don't help, call waste management for your town (and maybe one or two nearby) to see if they're planning such a thing.[/QUOTE]Good advice, right here.
Anything that isn't an PC with a HDD installed, a TV or a monitor, they'll take three items per day per person for free recycling.
[quote name='DuelLadyS']This- most decent sized communities have city sponsored 'bring in your electronics to recycle' events where they take it for free. If the papers don't help, call waste management for your town (and maybe one or two nearby) to see if they're planning such a thing.[/QUOTE]Good advice, right here.
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