Re: [PLUG] PC equipment disposal (OT)

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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, gabriel rosenkoetter 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

There is a sign but it is small.  The building does have an address on it
as I have used this service too.
I would agree that you should call first though.
bs







> 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.
>
> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
>
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