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[Roland Gesthuizen]

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.

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.

Regards Roland

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)

On 30/03/2008, andrew barry <jagguy999 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> no these are my own crt's and i cant get rid of them.
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > 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 ..
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
> >
> > On 29/03/2008, andrew barry <jagguy999 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > they dont take crt's without the computer box.
> > > they wont take my 2 crt's and old pent II
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Roland Gesthuizen <
> > > rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Computer Bank could take this off your hands. Our college is
> > > > organising another shipment of old printers, CPU cases, ewaste and CRT
> > > > monitors.
> > > >
> > > > http://vic.computerbank.org.au
> > > > "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."
> > > >
> > > > Regards Roland
> > > >
> > > > On 28/03/2008, andrew barry <jagguy999 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > I have some crt  monitors i want to get rid of, both 19inch and
> > > > > working well.
> > > > > any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > > also i have a cannon bubble jet printer i dont want and a old
> > > > > pentium 200ghz with win95 on it.
> > > > >
> > > > > where can i dump this stuff or does someone have a better idea as
> > > > > i hate to just throw it out on the sidewalk.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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