April – the Month to Recycle Your Computer
Next week is the start of April, and in Cuyahoga County, it is also the start of Recycle Your Computer Month. Cuyahoga County’s Solid Waste District has claimed April for residents to “recycle” all your old computer equipment. Now I put that in quotes because what they are doing is really cool. They will first look at your computer equipment and see if they can refurbish it, and if they can, it will be fixed up and donated to a school. I feel very good about that. Additionally, it can be any kind of computer equipment, including accessories like keyboards, printers, even cell phones.
Just before I started my blog, I replaced my old desktop with a brand new laptop. Now this has helped me a number of ways with my new venture into the world of green, but I’ve been holding on to my old computer so that I can make sure I get rid of it properly. This is my perfect opportunity.
If cleaning out your house for a better place to live, making someone else’s life better through donation, and saving the planet wasn’t enough, this is even considered a tax deductable donation. You can get a receipt simply by calling the Solid Waste District.
Now I am aware that not everyone lives in Cuyahoga County. So I did a quick check on Maricopa County (where my parents live). Maricopa County’s Solid Waste District is not doing this, but I did find a different resource in Arizona. It is called AZ StRUT and their 8th Annual Computer Recycle Day is April 19th. Again, they refurbish the equipment and donate it mostly to schools.
So along with my old desktop, I’m starting a box of old computer equipment lying around the house. On April 12th I will be going to the Parma drop-off site to recycle (donate) all my unused computer equipment. If you can’t make it in April, many of the locations do have year round drop-off, but why wait.
April 13th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
[…] I got a new laptop a few months ago and finally got rid of my old desktop. I did this as part of April being Cuyahoga County’s Computer Round-up month. I loaded my computer (and any spare parts I could find that I don’t need any more) into my […]