A great site where you can send your old computer(s) to be recycled or reused to under served communities around the world.
http://www.interconnection.org/index.php?pagina=inicio
An interesting fact:
Reusing just one computer with a CRT monitor saves
30 lbs of hazardous waste
77 lbs of solid waste
147 lbs (17.5 gallons) of water from being
polluted
32 tons of air from being polluted
1,333 lbs of CO2 from being
emitted
7,719 kilowatts of energy
- Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A double benefit by helping others and saving the environment. You can ship your computer for just $12 if you don't live in Washington state.
When I was an resident advisor at SUNY-IT, I tried to do this as one of my programs but didn't have much luck finding a place that I could send these computers to. m( _ _ )m
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