Merlin
The Tech Wizard
In the information age, it's hard to keep pace. Families and schools outgrow computers faster than children outgrow clothes. Your state-of-the-art speed demon PC can be terminally upstaged within a few short years. Technology also often breaks; plummeting prices for the "new kid on the block" and high repair costs make it seem cheaper to dump and replace rather than repair. The result: more than three-quarters of all computers ever purchased in the U.S. gather dust in garages, offices and school storerooms. Or these "has beens" wind up in our garbage: according to a 1999 study by the National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center, the number of computers recycled in 1998 was only 6 percent of the number of new computers put on the market that year. In 1999, only 14% of the over 24 million computers that were thrown away in the U.S. were properly disposed of or recycled.
Much old technology, even if obsolete in your house or school, simply isn't ready for the junk heap. There is still a yawning technology gap between the "haves" and "have nots" in both American society and the world as a whole. Your old machine could bring technology and the Internet to underserved communities and countries. Moreover, broken technology is often repaired in programs that bring job skills and salaries to needy families, so even fixing the electronics serves a useful purpose. When beyond repair, enterprising companies can rework computer parts into purses, lamps, clocks, business card cases, and any number of useful and attractive items, giving these objects new useful lives once their computing days are over.
http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/92/computers
So, maybe we could get together and donate old computers.
:techgage::techgage: Merlin :techgage::techgage:
Much old technology, even if obsolete in your house or school, simply isn't ready for the junk heap. There is still a yawning technology gap between the "haves" and "have nots" in both American society and the world as a whole. Your old machine could bring technology and the Internet to underserved communities and countries. Moreover, broken technology is often repaired in programs that bring job skills and salaries to needy families, so even fixing the electronics serves a useful purpose. When beyond repair, enterprising companies can rework computer parts into purses, lamps, clocks, business card cases, and any number of useful and attractive items, giving these objects new useful lives once their computing days are over.
http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/92/computers
So, maybe we could get together and donate old computers.
:techgage::techgage: Merlin :techgage::techgage: