Don't be so quick to toss out your old PCs, fax machines or digital cameras -- office supply retailer Office Depot is offering to recycle one electronic product a day for free all through the summer, according to a published report Tuesday.
USA Today reported that the recycling program offered by Delray Beach, Fla.-based Office Depot (ODP: Research, Estimates) and its partner, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ: Research, Estimates), is expected to run from July 18 through Sept. 6. The offer includes all brands of electronics, and products including computer monitors, digital cameras, copiers, fax machines, cellphones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and TVs that are 27 inches or smaller, the report said.
News source: CNN Money
USA Today reported that the recycling program offered by Delray Beach, Fla.-based Office Depot (ODP: Research, Estimates) and its partner, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ: Research, Estimates), is expected to run from July 18 through Sept. 6. The offer includes all brands of electronics, and products including computer monitors, digital cameras, copiers, fax machines, cellphones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and TVs that are 27 inches or smaller, the report said.
News source: CNN Money
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Hmmmm....more like they'll salavage your stuff and see what they can sell it on for through vendors or for their employees and the like for free. While some stuff could be considered unsalvegable, a lot of other stuff can or could be refurbished.
What I would advise ppl who want to do this if they are desperate, is too break, smash, fry, crack the chips, screens, lens, cases, circuit boards, batteries...every last component, rendering anything unusable. Unless of course the stuff you are dumping is decades old and unusable anyway - lol
Last edited by 19453 on 13 Jul 2004 - 15:24
I think it's obvious that Office Depot was planning on working with HP to refurbish the donated products. That's why it's called "Recycling." The point was to bring the stuff to Office Depot if you were just going to throw the stuff away. What is the point of rendering all components useless if you were just going to throw it away?
If nothing else, just donate your electronics that you're about to thow away to Goodwill or Salvation Army (even if you think it's valueless). They have processes in place to use proper recylcing programs to dispose of truly useless materials.
I'm sure not everyone lives in a place where it's boiling, but **** I would get pissed if I had to carry a damn 20 lbs. computer inside only to be told to come back tommorow.
The only bummer is that it's not available in Alaska and Hawaii... I think Alaska and Hawaii are NOT the 49th and 50th states. I love how the corporate info about this said it was the first "nationwide" free recycling program, "excluding Alaska and Hawaii." So is the U.S. back to 48 states again? I better go mod my U.S. flag!
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