| ago, your clients never would’ve had a | | | | obsolete hardware. |
| problem finding "takers" for old PCs. After your | | | | • Dell Asset Recovery Services -- |
| clients got four or five productive years out of | | | | • EIA Environment: Consumer Education |
| PC systems, they may have given the PCs to | | | | Initiative (CEI) -- |
| employees or sold them to employees for | | | | • Gateway.com: Recycle/Donate Your Old |
| pennies on the dollar. Alternatively, many others | | | | PC -- |
| donated PCs to local schools, charities or nonprofit | | | | • HP Environment: Return and Recycling -- |
| organizations. | | | | |
| Changes in PC Recycling | | | | • IBM PC Recycling Service -- |
| In the past several years, this has all changed. In | | | | • International Association of Electronics |
| the U.S., about sixty percent of households own | | | | Recyclers -- |
| at least one PC. Schools and charities have | | | | • National Safety Council (U.S.) EPR2 |
| become so deluged with PC donations that many | | | | Project Electronic Equipment Recyclers -- |
| get more selective on the equipment | | | | If You Still Can't Find One |
| they’re willing to accept. | | | | If any of the PC recycling resource addresses |
| In many areas, it’s even illegal to dispose | | | | above are invalid by the time you’re using |
| of a PC in a dumpster. Rather, the PC needs to | | | | this list, start at the home page of the website |
| be recycled. So how do you accomplish this? | | | | and look for links related to asset management, |
| Finding a PC Recycling Program | | | | disposal or recycling. You can also try the |
| Several PC recycling programs and resources can | | | | website’s search function or site map to |
| help you and your clients comply with various | | | | look for PC recycling information. |
| environmental regulations as you dispose of long | | | | |