Which retailers offer to dispose of old computers and other products properly to help protect the environment?

Answer 1

Answer 1

The best method of disposal is to DONATE all of your computers and periferal equipment to one of many of many charitable organizations which use them to teach computer repair and operation to the needy.

Also, after repair some of the computers/equipment are sold in their own stores to generate funds to provide salarys to instructors, scholarships and other assistance to those in need.

A couple of organizations in our area are the Goodwill, and the Salvation Army. There are others, but I cannot recall them now.

Another source for disposal is the group of small business operated by computer oriented people who either repair/overhaul them, or dismantle them for recycling which benefits us all by reducing the load on our landfills, especially for hazardous components.j3h

Also, if your computer is completely toast, like there is no bringing it back to life, you can take it to a store that will recycle computers. Some stores are Best Buy and Staples. Check the links for a site where you can type in your zip code and what you're looking for and it will give you places to recycle in your area. A good search site for this is www.earth911.com

Electronic waste is such an increasing issue there are a lot more electronic recycling services becoming available. Just make sure it is reputable. There has been issue with e-waste (electronic waste) being exported to developing countries that can not properly handle it.

A good company in the United States is All Green Electronics Recycling. They offer free service and have over 100 drop-off locations and do free pick-ups all across the country. Check out www.allgreenrecycling.com or call (800)780-0347

Answer 2

Hp and Dell offer a recycling service.

Hp offers free recycling for HP and Compaq monitors, other brand you have to pay a fee to recycle them. They give you a shipping label and all you have to do is put it in a box and they will pay for shipping.

Dell also offers free CRT recycling for all brands of monitors. They also pay for shipping.

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Check with your local garbage/recycling company. They may offer services (for a small fee) for recycling the old monitor. If not, then you'll need to research companies in your area that offer such services. Or, if it still works, donating it is always a good alternative. Schools, churches, and any local charities are usually good places to start. You definitely do not want to simply throw it out in the garbage. There is a good amount of lead in the guts of CRT's. So keep it away from the drinking water!

When it comes to disposing a CRT monitor, you should be careful, because its a vacuum and it has pressure in it. Before disposing it you should make a hole in the neck of the CRT tube that way air is going to get inside making it not dangerous anymore. If you do not do this and dispose of it without this procedure the vacuum may collapse and then it would explode causing all the pieces of crystal to be thrown everywhere (CRT are made of glass so this explosion can be VERY DANGEROUS).

Answer 3

Methods of waste disposal includes the following:

OCEAN DUMPING

• Advantages:
• convenient
• inexpensive
• source of nutrients, shelter and breeding

• Disadvantages:
• ocean overburdened
• distruction of food sources
• killing of plankton
• desalination

SANITARY LANDFILL

• Advantages:
• volume can increase with little addition of people/equipment
• filled land can be reused for other community purposes

• Disadvantages:
• completed landfill areas can settle and requires maintenance
• requires proper planning, design, and operation

INCINERATION

• Advantages:
• requires minimum land
• can be operated in any weather
• produces stable odor-free residue
• refuse volume is reduced by half

• Disadvantages:
• expensive to build and operate
• high energy requirement
• requires skilled personnel and continuous maintenance
• unsightly - smell, waste, vermin

OPEN DUMPING

• Advantages:
• inexpensive

• Disadvantages:
• health-hazard - insects, rodents etc.
• damage due to air pollution
• ground water and run-off pollution

RECYCLING

• Advantages:
• key to providing a liviable environment for the future

• Disadvantages:
• expensive
• some wastes cannot be recycled
• technological push needed
• separation of useful material from waste difficult

Answer 4

bEST-BUY,AND RADIO SHACK WILL BOTH DISPOSE OF ELECTRONICS PROPERLY.

Answer 5

None.

Companies offer to dispose of old computers to make a profit. Helping the environment is incidental.

Answer 6

Transport to collection centers for used or old appliances.

Answer 7

Best buy does