[Tfug] Shameless Parts offering

Bexley Hall bexley401 at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 18 09:49:30 MST 2006


--- Stephen Hooper <stephen.hooper at gmail.com> wrote:

> So the consensus seems to be "World Care" :)
> 
> Does World Care recover costs from doing this, or
> would I just be
> passing on the cost from my employers, to an
> innocent organization.

Worldcare gets scrap value for these things.  Only
a few pennies per pound.  But, a 75 pound monitor
can still be worth a few dollars in scrap!

If it is in working condition, they can try to
sell it in their store (though only PC-ish stuff
seems to have any real market).

> Not that I don't like this company, but if it comes
> down to it, having
> the people here responsible paying someone to
> recycle these, vs.
> sticking someone else with the bill is preferable.

Thanks!
 
> On 9/18/06, Richard Rohrdanz <rrohrdanz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On 9/18/06, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > WorldCare (www.worldcare.org) will scrap them
> for you.
> > > Or, you can bring them to the city's "hazardous
> waste
> > > recycling".  There's a staffed facility on the
> west
> > > side of town (somewhere).  Also, the various
> > > "city halls" around town usually have monthly
> > > programs where they will accept these sorts of
> > > things (along with other things more commonly
> > > considered as "hazardous waste" -- paints,
> solvents,
> > > etc.)
> >
> >
> > The staffed facility is located on the frontage
> road on the west side of
> > I-10. It's only a few yards from the automobile
> emissions testing facility.
> > However, the facility is only open on Saturdays
> until noon.


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