Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
Step1
Have all the information about your computer written down ahead of time. This includes type of computer (PC or Mac) and model number and what other desktop items you wish to recycle, such as a keyboard, mouse or printer.
Step2
Check out the PEP National Directory of Computer Recycling Program's Web site for a list of national recycling programs. The PEP will provide you with names of organizations in your area that will take old computers.
Step3
Try contacting Back Thru The Future Micro Computers Inc. at (973) 884-2282, which recycles computers, monitors, printers, scanners and other desktop equipment for corporations, educational institutions, the government and individuals.
Step4
Call the East West Foundation at (617) 442-7448 to see about donating your used computer and software. It will fix them and send them to nonprofit organizations worldwide.
Step5
Get in touch with the National Cristina Foundation at (800) 274-7846 if you are interested in donating your computer to a nonprofit organization that works with people with disabilities.
Step6
Donate your outdated computers to Voice of the Children for its work in its Christian orphanages and soup kitchens for street children in Russia and Mexico. Call (650) 967-6604 or contact VOTC through its Web site, www.votc.org.
Comments
SURVIVOR said
on 7/5/2007 Upgrading the third world kids-it is bebeficial to donate your old computers to schools who do not have the chance of teaching computer lessons because of inavailability of units (only 1 unit is available and is used in the office for reports). Be a part of educating them in advance tech. Include our school in your list..(Molave Regional Pilot School SPED Center, Molave East District, Molave, Zamboanga del Sur)..Please address to the principal of the school so it would surely serve the school where you intent to help..More power and thanks..(I am the school's computer teacher in name but not in practical-always verbal teaching-there's no unit to be used for hands on exercises..
linux7 said
on 7/5/2007 Go to http://www.erevival.net and download their removal inventory sheet. It is very helpful in gathering all the info in step 1. You may also call them or email them for recycling your old equipment. http://erevival.net/Documents/removal_inventory.xls
therian said
on 7/5/2007 Rememeber - Check what the organisations policys are in relation to your computers hard-drive. Most organisations won't go through the trouble of ensuring none of your data is left on the drive. If in doupt destory the drive with a hammer.
Reformating a hardrive doesn't guarentee that the data will be completely destroyed. A computer expert may be able to recover data including any bank details or otherwise used on the machine.
Anonymous said
on 7/5/2007 Donating the old computer that you replaced with a newer model benefits everyone - you get a tax deduction; the nonprofit organization can better fulfill its mission; and the toxic parts of the computer don't end up in landfill.