I offered to help get rid of some CRT's for staff by adding them to the school pool of monitors we are returning. I think they charge about $20-40 per monitor. It wasn't a big deal as we originally gave away a many of these old monitors. Part of closing the loop is making the retailer / producer think about plans for the long term, correct disposal of the e-waste that they are generating .. schools have an ethical obligation to take back and correctly destroy. It is the least we can now do considering the dump-masters that I once filled with e-waste.<br>
<br>If schools think that donating equipment absolves us of all future eWaste issues, then they are in the same boat as those that give old toxic, old super-tankers to third world countries to scrap and decommission on the beaches. We are all in the same boat.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br>PS: Oddly enough, if you have a brand name monitor .. some have a return to
manufacturer policy (I know this is the case for IBM, Apple, HP and
perhaps others)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">andrew barry</b> <<a href="mailto:jagguy999@gmail.com">jagguy999@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
no these are my own crt's and i cant get rid of them.<div><span class="e" id="q_118fe925ab6fc949_1"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Roland Gesthuizen <<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">We pay for ComputerBank to sustainably destroy and dispose of our old TV's and CRT (cathode ray tubes) These must be processed by a leaded-glass recycler / lead smelter. Just ask them for the price, this is something that we now factor into my ICT budget. At our school, safety comes first, so does dealing with eWaste. VITTA have on their website a position statement on this very issue if you need to raise the costs with your school council.<br>
<br>Heavy metal contamination from early Melbourne efforts at dealing with industrial waste is now being recycling back into the Port Phillip bay ecosystem from the channel dredging. If we continue to dump this stuff into landfill, sit back folks and enjoy your gift to the future .. <br>
<br>Regards Roland<div><div></div><div><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 29/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">andrew barry</b> <<a href="mailto:jagguy999@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jagguy999@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
they dont take crt's without the computer box.<br>they wont take my 2 crt's and old pent II<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><span>On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Roland Gesthuizen <<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span>Computer Bank could take this off your hands. Our college is organising another shipment of old printers, CPU cases, ewaste and CRT monitors.<br>
<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://vic.computerbank.org.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://vic.computerbank.org.au</a><br>
"We recycle donated computers with quality free software and distribute
them to disadvantaged individuals and community groups. Donated
computers are tested and obsolete parts are stripped and recycled by
volunteers."<br></div><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><div><div></div><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 28/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">andrew barry</b> <<a href="mailto:jagguy999@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jagguy999@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></div>
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Hi<br><br>I have some crt monitors i want to get rid of, both 19inch and working well.<br>any ideas?<br><br>also i have a cannon bubble jet printer i dont want and a old pentium 200ghz with win95 on it.<br><br>where can i dump this stuff or does someone have a better idea as i hate to just throw it out on the sidewalk.</div>
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