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Mon Mar 31 12:57:23 EST 2008

What a great idea.

We can all send whole obsolete computer labs to roland to dispose of for us!

LOL

Bill Oldham (Sessional teacher of Year 11 and 12 IT at Chisholm TAFE)

Quoting andrew barry <jagguy999 at gmail.com>:

> ok sorry i didnt read your post properly.
> 
> did you say i would need to pay to get rid of them?
> how do i get the monitors to your school?
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > 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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> >
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