Recycling
There are several options for you to recycle or otherwise dispose of your
old or unused computer equipment rather than just tossing it into the trash.
Sell/Advertise
You may place free classified ads on this website to buy,
sell, trade or give away ("Free to good home" ads) your computer items subject to
certain restrictions. See the "Classified Ads" section at
Legal Stuff. To place an ad, please
Contact Us and give us all the relevant
info.
Give Away
You may bring computer items that that you no longer want but are still useful to PCS meetings and set them up on a table in the back of the room.
Anyone is free to take any of these giveaway items for their use.
There's no raffle here - first come, first served. If you take an item
and find it's not what you wanted, please feel free to bring it back to the
next meeting so someone else might be able to utilize it.
You may also try to sell items in this manner here as well. But unless
those items are prominently marked as being "For Sale", you run the risk of
someone thinking that they are giveaways and they may disappear!
Recycle
A volunteer organization in the Prescott area refurbishes old computer
equipment and gives systems away to disadvantaged youths and seniors. The
youth systems are distributed by Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the senior
systems by the Coalition for Compassion and Justice. Hard drives are wiped
clean, reformatted, and a fresh operating system is installed. No data from
donors is left on the refurbished systems.
Over the past several years, more than 600 computer systems have been given
away through this program in the Tri-Cities area. If you have computer
equipment you can no longer use, please call Jim Perry, 458-5058, and he
will pick it up from your home. If you want to wipe your hard disk before
you give the system away, he will provide a program for you to use.
Contact
Jim Perry
If all else fails, you should donate your equipment to the
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) store at 730 N. 5th Street,
Prescott.
The DAV will try
to sell your equipment, but if it's too old or simply not
popular, they will recycle it.
Map to DAV
For info regarding other recycling centers in the local area,
please see this list produced some time ago by the Westcor Prescott Gateway
Mall.
PDF file
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