Disposing of old PC's

[SP_CS]

Hello all

Does anyone know how I can dispose of a few old desktops and CRTs. My local tip won't take them anymore, some EU ruling apparently.

Based in SE London

Cheers

SP

[jimothy]

River Thames, dead of night?

What spec are the desktops as I'm in the market for a cheap PC to run as a firewall so needs to be about as powerful as a toaster...

[_dobbo_]

www.computers4africa.org/

Gets rid of your old crap, and you do your bit for charideeeee....

[aldi]

Recycle as much as poss.

Put carcass in cardboard box

Take box to different tip, chuck it in unopened, leave tip

If you're a business regularly getting rid of stuff there are companies like Dataserve that will do collections. That's the pukka way to do it.

[zumbruk]

Prop against wheelie bin in street.

Watch from safe distance.

I've got rid of a broken VCR and a '386 PC like this.



Seriously though, I've also used these people;

www.tam-uk.com/html/remarket.html

[SP_CS]

Thanks for the suggestions chaps

I've given these guys a call for a quote.

www.realisenetwork.co.uk/index.asp

SP

[.Flyer]

SP_CS said:

My local tip won't take them anymore, some EU ruling apparently.

Really? Bugger. I've got a 22" CRT monitor that's knackered (smoke, burning, not good) that I was going to take to the tip. It's mightily heavy and awkward to carry ... Hmm

[SP_CS]

.Flyer said:

SP_CS said: My local tip won't take them anymore, some EU ruling apparently. Really? Bugger. I've got a 22" CRT monitor that's knackered (smoke, burning, not good) that I was going to take to the tip. It's mightily heavy and awkward to carry ... Hmm

Yup, got turned away at the door!

Company in my previous post will deal with it in London, just awaiting cost details

[zumbruk]

.Flyer said:

SP_CS said: My local tip won't take them anymore, some EU ruling apparently. Really? Bugger. I've got a 22" CRT monitor that's knackered (smoke, burning, not good) that I was going to take to the tip. It's mightily heavy and awkward to carry ... Hmm

The last monitor of mine that died, I dropped it in the wheelie bin.

(The last time I had several to get rid of, I took them to the tip where they had a special section for monitors and TVs.)

[Podie]

Yep, difficult to get rid of it. We even had a charity asking for a donation to come and pick up some kit... then got complaints that the machines weren't high enough spec.

[.Flyer]

zumbruk said:

The last monitor of mine that died, I dropped it in the wheelie bin.

There is no chance that this one will fit in the wheelie bin ... let alone moving the bin afterwards

Might be different outside London, possibly, so I'll have a wander down to the tip at the w/e and see. Hadn't even considered they wouldn't take it; what do we pay the council for?

[zumbruk]

.Flyer said:

what do we pay the council for?

Beats the out of me.

[zumbruk]

Podie said:

Yep, difficult to get rid of it. We even had a charity asking for a donation to come and pick up some kit... then got complaints that the machines weren't high enough spec.

I've had the same experience. I tried to give away a load of machines from a big upgrade project I was on a few years ago, but the attitude of the potential recipients sucked. What with that and the nonsense from the Health & Safety people ["If someone hurts themselves, it's your fault"] and the accountants ["There's a tax liability"] I ended up skipping the whole lot.

>> Edited by zumbruk on Friday 30th September 14:20

[SP_CS]

SP_CS said:

Thanks for the suggestions chaps I've given these guys a call for a quote. www.realisenetwork.co.uk/index.asp SP

These chaps are charging me 12 whole English pounds to collect 2 CRTs and 3 desktops - only in Central and South London mind

I'm happy with that

SP

[SGirl]

If anyone has a laptop they're wanting to throw away, I can give it a good home.

[TeamD]

SGirl said:

If anyone has a laptop they're wanting to throw away, I can give it a good home.

I thought you already had a scrap laptop?

[SGirl]

TeamD said:

SGirl said: If anyone has a laptop they're wanting to throw away, I can give it a good home. I thought you already had a scrap laptop?

It's not scrap! Just - recuperating.

I want to replace it - I hate unreliable equipment. I've just sent Ted a Wanted ad to put in his classifieds.

[catso]

I had a clear out at my office a couple of months ago, emptied the attic etc and had a skip outside. I found an old, broken 486 Computer with no HDD, CD drive or power supply so threw it in there, someone nicked it during the night yet I also put a non-working but immaculate looking 17" monitor in there and no one took that.

[zumbruk]

SGirl said:

TeamD said: SGirl said: If anyone has a laptop they're wanting to throw away, I can give it a good home. I thought you already had a scrap laptop? It's not scrap! Just - recuperating. I want to replace it - I hate unreliable equipment. I've just sent Ted a Wanted ad to put in his classifieds.

You might want to look at;

www.morgancomputers.co.uk

or

www.thelaptopman.co.uk/

(Even though the latter doesn't render properly in Firefox, something which normally causes me never to return to a site.)

[SGirl]

Cool! Thanks Zumbruk.