[lug] Electronic recycling

Davide Del Vento davide.del.vento at gmail.com
Wed May 9 16:55:44 MDT 2012


Best Buy takes most of broken electronics for free (they hope that
when you go to drop them you'll have a walk in the store and buy
replacements, but you are not required to)

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Elyse Grasso <emgrasso at data-raptors.com> wrote:
> I checked the Bococo website.
>
> They want stuff in useful condition, and pass what they can't use to
> EcoCycle, passing through the CHARM charges to the donor. My stuff is mostly
> dead, and not all computers, so I don't think Bococo are what I am looking
> for. If I'm going to pay the CHARM fees anyway, (which I think are
> excessive) I'll just haul the stuff to CHARM.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Richard Mandel
> <richard at linuxsupportguys.com> wrote:
>>
>> Are they still around? They used to have a place off Pearl Street, but I
>> thought they left and folded up.
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Mandel
>> Linux Support Guys
>>
>> richard at linuxsupportguys.com
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>>
>>
>>
>> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]
>> On Behalf Of Ferdinand Schmid
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 3:45 PM
>> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [lug] Electronic recycling
>>
>>
>>
>> Check with bococo.org.  They may be able to use some of your gear.
>>
>> Ferdinand
>>
>> On May 9, 2012 12:05 PM, "Elyse Grasso" <emgrasso at data-raptors.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is there somewhere reliable to recycle electronics in the Boulder area
>> that charges less than CHARM?
>>
>> I've got a couple of dead UPSs, some audio/video components, and a lot of
>> miscellaneous computer stuff including old power supplies.
>> Also a 20 inch CRT tv and a 20 inch monitor.
>>
>> --
>> Elyse Grasso
>>
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> --
> Elyse Grasso
>
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