alan-d Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Over the next couple of weeks we will have at least 15 x 15" CRT monitors that require a good home. They are in good working order, some are RM most are Belinea, and are in use as I type this. I have absolutely no-where to store them as we are replacing them with TFTs. If you are interested and able to collect them then PM me. They should be available at the end of July, possibly sooner if we get a chance.
Netman Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Good luck..! I've got 60+ too if anyone wants them!! Been trying to give them away for a year...
alan-d Posted July 5, 2006 Author Posted July 5, 2006 skip! we must have thrown over 80+ away! Not allowed to anymore @ Netman - stop hijacking my post - go and get your own thread
ChrisH Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Some of these second user companies like First Technologies may take them off your hands and give you some credit. It beats paying for them to be disposed. Would depend on your location though I suppose.
GrumbleDook Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Most charities will not take them either without a decent workstation to go with each one. Time to resurrect conversations about a wall of monitors?
Netman Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 @ Netman - stop hijacking my post - go and get your own thread Awww go on... u take North of Brum and I'll take South... Now will u no have a nice cup of tea... awww go on.. you will you will you will...
sahmeepee Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 I don't think WEEE has been implemented in the UK yet, so tip em in the skip while you still can! (joke) We send ours to recyclers: http://www.dataiqrecycling.co.uk/whatwecollect.html They've been good - arrived on time and helped us load up the van.
ticker Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 I don't think WEEE has been implemented in the UK yet, so tip em in the skip while you still can! (joke) We send ours to recyclers: http://www.dataiqrecycling.co.uk/whatwecollect.html They've been good - arrived on time and helped us load up the van. how much do they charge been looking into getting rid of a load of old ICT equipment.
alan-d Posted July 5, 2006 Author Posted July 5, 2006 Well a quote last year from a company recommended by our LEA was around £450 for 20 Base units and monitors. In the end I paid about £150 for a charity to take 30 away (The name escapes me at the mo - I'll dig out the url tomorrow). @ netman - I'll take the whole of the West Mids, u can have Coventry
projector1 Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 if they are in working order then why not get in touch with a recyling centre that shipps them off to the developing countries!
krisd32 Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 you need to pay for a hazourdous waste lisence from the local recycling place i think ours £22.50 then you can take as many as you want to them then! http://www.recycling.co.uk/it_recycling.html weee has come into force earlier on this year (march i think) so your actually only allowed to get rid of 2 tonnes i think! (but don't hold me to that)
sahmeepee Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 I don't think WEEE has been implemented in the UK yet, so tip em in the skip while you still can! (joke) We send ours to recyclers: http://www.dataiqrecycling.co.uk/whatwecollect.html They've been good - arrived on time and helped us load up the van. how much do they charge been looking into getting rid of a load of old ICT equipment. Free, free as the wind. They might charge for seriously crap stuff but you can give them a tinkle first to check.
witch Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 We use this lot http://www.technology-house.net/ They are taking 15 BROKEN monitors and 6 broken desktops for £75 If you have a system that works, look for a charity to take them - in Dorset this is Dorset Reclaim
john Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Anyone up in Yorkshire / Lancashire /Hull area, I have a contact at a charity group based in Hull who will take hardware and re-set it up and distribute it out in Africa. He does make a small charge per machine, based on machine numbers and if its a long journey, large van needed for hire etc, but if your interested I can send you his details and you can make contact with him and make arrangements for yourself.
intrigue Posted July 10, 2006 Posted July 10, 2006 We useacompany called PCB although i cant find a website for them. They took everything for free and we are in leicester. The guy that collected them said he went to Dorset before so i assume they quite versatile as far as distances are concearned.
mrforgetful Posted July 10, 2006 Posted July 10, 2006 Our last lot went to prisons. Would rather have sent them to Africa.
alan-d Posted July 12, 2006 Author Posted July 12, 2006 Right I now have a full list of kit I need to be rid of. Anyone interested in anything on the attached spreadsheet should PM or email me. First come first served (using date and time of PM or email) All you need to do is collect it - I can't deliver from Sutton Coldfield Go on - don't resist - you know you want to!
loopy Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 i use a company in staffs thats called polar computers that passes them to the needy in and out of the country. has to be working stuff thou. pm me if you want the info for them as sutton is close to me
alan-d Posted July 14, 2006 Author Posted July 14, 2006 Apart from the Monitors most of the kit is only suitable for spares. I'm just trying to avoid a £700 bill to have them recycled
tickmike Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Hi. I have seen this web site on our local TV, not tried them but looks good ?. http://www.freecycle.org/ Go to uk then select your area. Regards Michael.
tickmike Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Hi. Just had another idea It may seem daft but what about asking the school PTA if they want any to sell for a small amount to raise funds for the school or letting the kids have some. You would have to get some paper work with them to say sold as seen and no guarantees . (and don't come back if it goes wrong !!!) Or is there some pit falls with that ?. The one's we use are from a local firm. Free, serviced and the full kit. Charities need good hand outs. I have even ask about old computers at our local tip, but the man tells me that they sell them ( beer money ?) on to traders who do them up but he was willing to give some to our charity if we wanted any. Regards Michael.
alan-d Posted July 15, 2006 Author Posted July 15, 2006 We have sold some to staff already under the guise of buy a 15" monitor for £5 and get a PC free Apart from the monitors the rest is more or less a pile of spare parts. I already have another stack of about 30 PCs put to one side for emergencies etc but I have no space for the rest. We could break them all down and make a few decent PCs ourselves but we can't justify the manhours it would take to do this just to have them put back in storage. I have a list of charities and recyclers I could use, but if another school could use them then that is the preference. (btw I also have some old hubs if anyone is interested ) Thanks for the link - could be useful - not just for PCs but other kit the school wants to be rid of
witch Posted July 15, 2006 Posted July 15, 2006 Just as an aside - I use freecycle all the time, and it is great - on ours we get people requesting old computers, monitors etc for the disbled or suchlike. I am going to split our old machines (not literally) between the guy on freecycle who refurbishes machines for the disabled, and Dorset Reclaim who refurbish and sell cheaply to the disadvantaged
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