What's the Best Way to Recycle Old Tech in the US? 255
Tim Danhamn writes "SmartPlanet.com, a green-focused Web site, has put up an article about the best way to recycle your old tech, including local recycling centers and reusing old technology in other ways. I'm about to upgrade to a new PC and I have a lot of old radios, MP3 players and other electronic goods lying around the house. The article though is mostly about solutions in the UK, so I want to know - what is the best way to recycle old tech in the US?"
I know, I know! (Score:5, Insightful)
EBay.
Seriously, what better way to not trash something by getting what life (or parts) are left in it?
People get some good money for hardly working/not working tech on EBay just for parts alone. And hell, you may have no use for that old P350 but someone else on there just might. Why not let them have it for a few bucks+shipping?
Nooooooooo! (Score:2, Insightful)
TDz.
Re:I know, I know! (Score:3, Insightful)
They're outdone by embedded chips in washing machines. No, really.
Re:I know, I know! (Score:5, Insightful)
I keep series of early PCs around for precisely this reason. Getting games like XCOM, Masters of Orion II, Might and Magic IV, Star Control II, Echelon, Privateer I/II, Wing Commander I/II/III, etc, etc can excruciatingly hard to get going without sound issues, with the proper framerate, with multiplayer (null modem) support etc...
I can be almost impossible unless running on real hardware from the era.
A P166 would make a good platform for late dos era games, and early win95 games.
Re:Damn (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:I know, I know! (Score:3, Insightful)
Your desire to recycle tech is not passed on to your buyer, who is merely looking for cheap stuff.
That is not recycling.
There has to be SOMETHING better than eBay for this.