Okay, so it's just the USA at them moment but Ebay are trying to get a market-based solution to the problem of discarded leccy 'quipment. "According to eBay's Rethink website, more than 400m computers will be replaced during the next three years. It also says more than 75% of all computers ever sold remain stockpiled in our garages, office storage rooms and warehouses. Researchers estimate that, in the US, computers are being discarded at a rate of 133,000 per day,
At a press conference at CES, Ms Whitman said she wanted the electronics industry to develop 'market-based solutions' to the recycling problem, 'so we won't have to face federal and state regulation'."
I'm all for it. Having got rid of about three old PC's last summer before we moved home, we took them to the local council's recycling centre and I presume they were stripped of useful parts and then disposed of properly; at least I hope so...
Guardian Unlimited | Online | eBay launches computer recycling initiative:
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Sounds similar to this crowd, "The Ark", in Auckland, NZ ( http://www.the-ark.co.nz/about_us/default.asp ). They take old PCs, refurbish them and then give them a new life in schools and charities.
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