Computer Recycling
(A Note from Dino: Today we received word that Good News is once again recycling our old machines. While I cannot imagine letting a computer ever go, I guess not everyone wants to keep their first computer around their house as a keepsake of a more innocent time. A time when you could play Spyhunter, or any number of other HI RES games. So, if you need to get rid of a machine, this is what we know…)
Businesses and families with computers or related equipment to dispose of can have them recycled professionally at a roundup event in Wausau Friday, Feb. 29.
Because they each contain small amounts of hazardous materials, the list of things not welcome in landfills includes computers, monitors, printers, microwaves, televisions, telephones and other equipment containing circuit boards. Materials brought to the Good News Project warehouse at 1106 Fifth St. will go to a specialty firm that recycles all possible components. The charge is 25 cents per pound. A typical computer outfit weighs 40 to 60 pounds, so the charge would be $10 to $15.
Roundup times for this one-day event are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This computer recycling project will further the work of Good News Project, Inc., to build homes for the poor in the West Indies and to donate humanitarian goods both in north-central Wisconsin and in the economically disadvantaged island nations. Good News runs the only computer recycling events where 100 percent of the proceeds are retained by a local nonprofit organization.
To learn more about Good News, the group’s internet site is goodnewswi.com. For information on the event, call Good News at 843-5985. Customers bringing more than 20 items are asked to call ahead.
oldwoodchair said:
Thanks for the info…is “good news” indeed!
A little bit off track but still somewhat related…anyone see (I think it was Art in the Park this past summer)the guy that makes clocks out of old computer parts?…I thought they were terrific…very industrial looking…good example of the “re-use” type of recycling.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:01 pm #
janeal said:
And whatever happened to that company that made wine glasses out of old wine bottles?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:45 am #
cupcake said:
Go to www.greenglass.com - looks like they are still alive and kicking, available in the Wausau area.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm #