[lug] Speaking of old monitors

[Tkil]

>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Mohr <robmohr at earthnet.net> writes:

Rob> The junk is packed into shipping containers and ends up in spots
Rob> in China.  Poor Chineses bust up the monitors by hand to get the
Rob> 10 pounds of lead as well as other base metals.  This activity is
Rob> done with zero local environmental controls nor concern for the
Rob> health risks to the participants.

This looks like a link to the relevant reports:

   http://www.svtc.org/cleancc/pubs/technotrash.htm

>>>>> "Hugh" == Hugh Brown <hugh at vecna.com> writes:

Hugh> So what's a conscientious recycler to do?

Buy less.  :)  Prefer beige boxes that can be upgraded, to prebuilt
boxes from the big names which try to lock you in to one generation,
so you buy a whole new box to upgrade.

As for what to do with the stuff you've got already, there are some
links here:

   http://www.nrc-recycle.org/resources/electronics/index.htm

And some info for Colorado in particular:

   http://www.state.co.us/oemc/programs/electronic.htm

No comment about where this stuff is actually sent, however.

I remember seeing an article about a company that charged for the
service, but would hand-disassemble computers to get at the various
recyclables.  Trying to find a link...

Searching on /. yielded this, which is close:

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/27/BU119228.DTL

Maybe I was remembering EnviroCycle, which claims to have their own
dismantling operation (although their web designers should be taken
out and shot -- this link is to a page that appears to be a scan of
their brochure.  Gag.)

   http://www.enviroinc.com/completerecycl.html

Linked off

   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/11/14/1717243&mode=nothread

Which talks about IBM offering it for 30$/box or so.

I really like the idea of reuse, but some of the stuff I own is just
completely useless for most purposes (e.g., fixed-freq workstation
CRTs)

Good luck,
t.