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Re: AUGD: Augd Digest, Vol 9, Issue 92
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Re: AUGD: Augd Digest, Vol 9, Issue 92


  • Subject: Re: AUGD: Augd Digest, Vol 9, Issue 92
  • From: "Randy B. Singer" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:07:04 -0700


On Oct 3, 2012, at 12:00 PM, email@hidden wrote:

From: email@hidden

...

I have a fully functional Outbound/Mac laptop.

...
I'm happy to SHIP it anywhere it might find a respectable
home for preservation.

There are several excellent organizations that you could donate your old computers to:

Freecycle is an online free recycling/gifting movement designed to keep tangible items out of landfills....a lot of computers get tossed out and there are many people who can use an old computer or a part from that computer.
http://www.freecycle.org

Computers for Kids will pick up your old computer, do any refurb needed, and set it up as a student computer at some elementary school. They'll give you a tax deduction as well. 
http://www.c4konline.org/
http://www.cfkidaho.org/
http://www.computers4kids.net/

Geeks Without Borders works to provide computer resources to 
impoverished communities:
http://www.geekswithoutborders.org/

Gifts In Kind distributes donations to recipient organizations serving a wide spectrum of people in need, including: at-risk youth, the homeless, older Americans who are struggling or ill, low-paid military families, victims of domestic abuse, refugees, immigrants, the illiterate, the under- and unemployed, victims of natural and man-made disaster, and many others. 
http://www.giftsinkind.org

Gazelle will take you old Macs even if they have no value. They will recycle and triple wipe your data. 
http://www.gazelle.com 

In some big cities the Goodwill has centralized stores that carry nothing but old computer equipment.  As a last resort it might be worth seeing if your city has such a Goodwill store.

e.g.:

http://www.austincomputerworks.org/

http://www.goodwillswpa.org/computer-store

http://www.houstoncomputerworks.org/

http://www.goodwill-oregon.org/GoodwillComputerStore/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/goodwill---computer-store-los-angeles

http://www.goodwillbigbend.com/stores/computerelectronic-store/

Apple has a Reuse and Recycling Program. 
http://www.apple.com/recycling/gift-card/ 
The service allows anyone to send their old computers and monitors to Apple to be recycled for free -- regardless of brand.
<http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/09/apple-expands-recycling-options-for-old-computers-mobile-device/>
You may even get an Apple Gift Card for your old equipment.

___________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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