domtyler said:
I have a pile of computer hardware to get rid of. Do I bin it or can I recycle?
We are talking four or five hard drives, a complete PC, a motherboard, some RAM, various cables and other bits and bobs that all have to go.
Obviously this much metal must equal a years metal foil/tins recycling so I can't really see much point in recycling the foil and then binning this.
I vaguely recall at one point seeing an organisation that ships such unwanteds to the third world, can't remember the details unfortunately. There's definitely one for bikes, I know 'cos I tried to get my puch clubman shipped to the third world, but I don't think even the third world was that desparate.
Do a search on t' internet.
SamNichols said:
The local tip usually takes them, and the blokes who work there filch what they want out of it, if you can't sell it. You can also put in on freecycle as well: you may not want it, but someone else may.
(The hardest things to get rid of are old monitors by the way, noone wants them)
I once saw a skip full of old CRTs, and that was back in 2002, so they must be even less popular now what with TFTs coming down in price.
Twenty Inch said:
On another forum, I read that old computer hardware sells well on
Ebay if you have the inclination to take a punt. Might be worth searching for what you have and seeing whether it is fetching any money.
Could try sticking it on, as 'non-guaranteed', however pretty much ALL second hand hard-drives on ebay say 'non-guaranteed', so...
If they're less than 80GB i wouldn't expect them to fetch much at all and wouldn't waste the auction fee.
I'd personally just bung the whole lot on freecycle, someone will just pick it up.
