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What to do with a bunch of spare CRTs?

contrabandcontraband Registered User regular
edited May 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I have like five CRT (possible more) monitors sitting around taking up space. Our garbage guys charge $15 per monitor to recycle them, but is there anything cool I can do with them? My house is a little small, so a multi-CRT-monitor setup can't happen. Also, I'm moving into uni this fall, if that opens up any doors. Thanks!

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Donate them. I'm sure you have the equivalent of Australia's Green PC company somewhere, who will refurbish PC equipment and then sell it for very cheap to schools, community groups and low-income families.

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  • contrabandcontraband Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    devoir wrote: »
    Donate them. I'm sure you have the equivalent of Australia's Green PC company somewhere, who will refurbish PC equipment and then sell it for very cheap to schools, community groups and low-income families.

    I was thinking, if I couldn't find anything to donate them directly to my high school, but they don't necessarily need them, and something like this seems like a much better option.

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  • MegalodonMegalodon Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Monitors are pretty nasty pieces of equipment. They're dangerous pieces of equipment if you open them up, and pretty much no one can rip them apart and reuse the pieces. Finding someone who can use them is absolutely the best thing you can do with them.

    I work with a local tech recycling organization, so I can't point you in the direction of a particular organization, but I doubt they're that difficult to find. I just recently shipped a bunch of CRTs and computers to Uganda.

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  • stovetop25stovetop25 Registered User new member
    edited May 2007
    Donating them is a good idea.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    If you're in California, there's now a state law that charges you the disposal fee when you buy them, so you should be able to take it to the dump/transfer station/recycling center/hazardous waste disposal and drop it off for free. Call around and ask.

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  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Alberta does that too.

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  • Black IceBlack Ice Charlotte, NCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I'm siding with the donation decision. ;-)

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  • LaOsLaOs SaskatoonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Bartholamue wrote: »
    Alberta does that too.

    Saskatchewan recently started this as well.

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  • CrayonCrayon Sleeps in the wrong bed. TejasRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What sizes? :P

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