getting rid of monitors

[billb]

whats the best way of getting rid of old 15 and 17" monitors ( about 20ish ) not too sure what the law is these days.


Thanks,

Bill

[Plotloss]

Theres a charity that takes them, cant remember the name though.

[billb]

dont u have to pay them to take them away these days though?

[__lee__]

We had the same problem and found that CRT's and the like are classed as under the governments radioactive guidelines and have to be dispossed of inaccordance with (someone correct me if I'm wrong!)

In the end we paid a local PC disposal company to come and take them away.

[flossythepig]

Contact Michelle Dewberry (The Apprentice) at Amstrad. She will now launch a new Amstrad company called Xenon Green. The company will recycle used computers from corporate clients.

[r988]

Leave them on the back of a truck in a dodgy area, it will disappear like magic

[MrFlibbles]

I took mine to the tip at the w/end.

They had a special area for them, dont know what eventually happens to them though.

[Plotloss]

MrFlibbles said:

They had a special area for them, dont know what eventually happens to them though.

They get taken out of the skip by pikeys and end up on ebay...

Probably.

It never fails to amaze me that at dumps there are punters taking stuff out of skips as fast as people sling stuff in.

[__lee__]

One good idea we had was to offer them to employees for home usage, we have managed to get rid of a lot of the old I.T. equipment this way.

[Hamster]

I' sure the Green Gestapo won't thank me for this, but you ould put 1 a week in the bottom of a wheelie bin for 20 weeks. Covered in rubbish, by the time it crashes to the floor in the back of the wagon no-one will know.

H

[onomatopoeia]

I took mine down the tip earlier this year as I had about 4 broken 14" or smaller monitors accumlated over many years. They told me to put them in the electrical bin and seemed entirely content to take them.

[zumbruk]

onomatopoeia said:

I took mine down the tip earlier this year as I had about 4 broken 14" or smaller monitors accumlated over many years. They told me to put them in the electrical bin and seemed entirely content to take them.

I had much the same experience. They had a big pile of TVs/monitors & were quite happy as I chucked the 4 I took down onto the heap...

[zumbruk]

Plotloss said:

It never fails to amaze me that at dumps there are punters taking stuff out of skips as fast as people sling stuff in.

I got a nice set of sash cramps a couple of years ago. And someone got to the two perfectly good deck-chairs someone else was chucking out on Saturday when I was down the tip.

It astonishes me what people chuck away.

[Scraggles]

try www.Freecycle.org - local groups who take stuff for free

[Trooper2]

r988 said:

Leave them on the back of a truck in a dodgy area, it will disappear like magic

He may not want to sacrifice the truck..

[vipers]

Plotloss said:

It never fails to amaze me that at dumps there are punters taking stuff out of skips as fast as people sling stuff in.

Because we live in a throw away society these days, rich pickings to be had at tips.

I once rescued a vacuum cleaner from outside someones house next to his bin (with owners permission), took it for spares for my identical one. After a good clean, it worked better than mine, so I kept my one for spares, and used his for the next 3 years. Recal a prog on telly some years ago, some guy lived in London, visited tips daily, rescued a "New" toaster, all that was wrong with it was the fuse had gone in the plug??

[zumbruk]

vipers said:

Plotloss said: It never fails to amaze me that at dumps there are punters taking stuff out of skips as fast as people sling stuff in. Because we live in a throw away society these days, rich pickings to be had at tips. I once rescued a vacuum cleaner from outside someones house next to his bin (with owners permission), took it for spares for my identical one. After a good clean, it worked better than mine, so I kept my one for spares, and used his for the next 3 years. Recal a prog on telly some years ago, some guy lived in London, visited tips daily, rescued a "New" toaster, all that was wrong with it was the fuse had gone in the plug??

The last PC (a 386) and VCR (beyond economic repair) I threw away, I just propped them against the dustbin in the street and within an hour or two, they'd disappeared ...

[spivvy]

monitors are now classed as a enviormental hazard and as such have to be disposed of accordingly ,charity is one option ,if they are faulty you need to contact a company who will dispose of them in a friendly manner

Please be aware that from the 16th of July 2005 ALL producers of more than 200Kgs of hazardous waste in any 12 month period, will have to be registered with the Environment Agency, before you can dispose of it.

There are exemptions from this for certain categories, provided they produce less than 200Kgs in 12 months. A list of exemptions can be found here:-

www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/special/pdf/hwr-notifguidance.pdf

There is no exemption if you produce more than 200Kgs.

CRTs (monitors) are now classified as hazardous waste. 15 small ones or only 6 very big ones will weigh 200Kgs.

Waste carriers, such as ourselves will not be permitted to collect from unregistered premises (on pain of death or a fine as they feel appropriate).

Registration is now possible with the Environment Agency. You are urgently advised to read this:-

www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/waste/1019330/1029396/?lang=_e

You will have to pay for this service. Online registration costs £18. Telephone registration costs £23 and paper registration is £28.

[bjwoods]

my local tip (reading) has an area for them, presumably taken away to be recylced.

printer/pc's go in the with the metal/general waste though.

B

[zumbruk]

spivvy said:

monitors are now classed as a enviormental hazard and as such have to be disposed of accordingly ,charity is one option ,if they are faulty you need to contact a company who will dispose of them in a friendly manner Please be aware that from the 16th of July 2005 ALL producers of more than 200Kgs of hazardous waste in any 12 month period, will have to be registered with the Environment Agency, before you can dispose of it. There are exemptions from this for certain categories, provided they produce less than 200Kgs in 12 months. A list of exemptions can be found here:- www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/special/pdf/hwr-notifguidance.pdf There is no exemption if you produce more than 200Kgs. CRTs (monitors) are now classified as hazardous waste. 15 small ones or only 6 very big ones will weigh 200Kgs. Waste carriers, such as ourselves will not be permitted to collect from unregistered premises (on pain of death or a fine as they feel appropriate). Registration is now possible with the Environment Agency. You are urgently advised to read this:- www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/waste/1019330/1029396/?lang=_e You will have to pay for this service. Online registration costs £18. Telephone registration costs £23 and paper registration is £28.

Oh, good. More crap piled up on the bridleway I live on. So far as I can see, all the environmental legislation has done is caused a vast increase in the amount of fly tipping. Still, at least the increase in prices for scrap steel has cut down on the number of dumped cars, which at least has made room for the refrigerators.