TuskenTower on 23 Apr 2008 14:42:28 -0700 |
On 4/23/08, gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net> wrote: > At 2008-04-23 07:00 -0700, Julien Mills <julienfmills@yahoo.com> wrote: > > In that thread I kind of remember there being recycling places > > which were open once a month or once in a blue moon or whatever > > but I don't think there was a permanent place open all the time. > > > When I asked Google this question recently, I only found one useful > local response, Elemental Inc. You can contact them via email > (ELEMINC@aol.com) for current hours and such. Here's what I got when > I did just a couple of months ago: > > > Hello, > > Thank you for your interest in our services. > > Drop off hours are Monday-Friday 9:00-4:00 > > > > Fees : Monitors 17" and below$7 > > Monitors 19" and above.$10 > > Printers/scanners/fax..$3 > > Computers/serversno charge > > Accessories..no charge > > > > Elemental Inc. > > 2371 Church Street > > Philadelphia,Pa 19124 > > There's no sign that I found, so you may want to avail yourself of > Google Streetview a bit. Basically, take 95 to the Aramingo exit, > head NE on Aramingo, take your first left, and pull up in front of > the first garage door on the right after crossing Milnor. If you > cross E Stiles, you're a block to far, and if you hit Tacony you're > way too far. The area's all semi-identical industrial park > buildings. > > Of course, you should look into the giving older computers to > schools, freecycle, so forth first, because even "recycling" > electronic waste isn't a magic wand meaning that everything involved > gets re-used, but if you've got a stack of things you know nobody > wants as I did (B/W Apple monitors, Alpha workstations from the > '80s), they seem to be a good option. Every year in September, Unisys has held a PC recycling event. I don't know if it is open to all, but I doubt they would check. I'll post to the list when/if we are holding one this year. Amul ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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