Talk:Recycling - Revision history

Matteo: repulled from original page

2006-02-04T02:04:02Z

repulled from original page

Icicle at 01:36, 4 February 2006

2006-02-04T01:36:10Z

192.168.254.89 at 20:24, 27 August 2005

2005-08-27T20:24:43Z

Baxrob: i had to indent - couldn't read it. seems important... more reason for a local wiki-guidelines page??

2005-08-27T08:10:30Z

i *had* to indent - couldn't read it. seems important... more reason for a local wiki-guidelines page??

192.168.254.89: Organization of this page

2005-08-26T02:17:40Z

Organization of this page

192.168.3.7 at 18:43, 26 April 2005

2005-04-26T18:43:26Z

Olyjake at 07:37, 26 April 2005

2005-04-26T07:37:20Z

192.168.254.89 at 07:23, 26 April 2005

2005-04-26T07:23:32Z

New page

This evening at Free Geek Oly, I'm scratching my head wondering what to do about a few parts.

1. Aluminum hard drive shells that have small amounts of steel embedded (eg. odd screws and bolts). Would it be possible to sell this to people who want aluminum, for less than the price per lb of Aluminum?

2. Hard drive shells that have a thin plastic coating over them (I'm pretty sure they're aluminum).

3. Copper. We've been (obviously) demanufacturing hard drives and floppy drives around here, it is possible to get a nice chunk of copper out of them (little green spokes with copper wrapped around each of them).
Also, I just noticed a light chemical burn on my fingers, I think after I picked up the copper spokes. Anyone had any experience with that? Any thoughts on what it could have been?

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-During my SVN training a few weeks ago I finally had the opportunity to change the outdated information on our recycling vendors. In looking at the recycling section of the website again, and having stumbled upon the Toxins in Computers wiki page and the "Reasons to recycle computers" stub, I'm thinking I would like to expand the information on our web site to better educate the public on electronics recycling.
+During my SVN training a few weeks ago I finally had the opportunity to change the outdated information on our recycling vendors. In looking at the recycling section of the website again, and having stumbled upon the [[Toxins in Computers]] wiki page and the "[[Reasons to recycle computers]]" stub, I'm thinking I would like to expand the information on our web site to better educate the public on electronics recycling.
 This relates to a separate, but similar project I've been thinking and talking to Guy and Nathan about: improving the recycling wiki to include photos of components and make it more useful for training volunteers. Guy and Nathan want to put consoles in the recycling area with access to just this wiki, for easy reference when folks have questions about where something goes, or what happens to it.
 So I've created this page as a place to brainstorm ideas for better documentation in the recycling area, uniting my twin passions for writing and smashing stuff. A great deal of the wiki information is out of date as well, or even obsolete, so this is also something of a to-do list to encourage me to clean up the existing documentation While this page exists primarily for my reference, it's public because I'm always happy to get feedback from concerned parties about what they want to know about recycling. (Sometimes I don't know what's going on in my head, or in my life, until I put it in writing.) And seeing as I'm possibly the least left-brained person ever anywhere (see above parenthesis), advice on better organization is always welcome.
 Xen's documentation to-do list:
+* Many of the proposals in [[Procedural changes for recycling]] have come to pass. This page needs to be revised and merged with [[Covering Recycling On A Daily Basis]], which is a leetle behind the times.
-    * Many of the proposals in Procedural changes for recycling have come to pass. This page needs to be revised and merged with Covering Recycling On A Daily Basis, which is a leetle behind the times.
+* [[What goes where]] finally has my much-dreamed of ASCII floor plan of the warehouse. I need to check again and make sure this is accurate, as the warehouse is under constant reorganization these days. This contains some out-of-date information on vendors, however, and is a little lengthy. And this is where I'd like to add a few photos.
-    * What goes where finally has my much-dreamed of ASCII floor plan of the warehouse. I need to check again and make sure this is accurate, as the warehouse is under constant reorganization these days. This contains some out-of-date information on vendors, however, and is a little lengthy. And this is where I'd like to add a few photos.
+* [[PDX Recycling Vendors]] contains out-of-date information about who use and what they take. It might be a good idea to break it up some -- just the facts on who we're using now, but also info on folks we've worked with in the past (Quantum, E-Recycling, etc.) just in case we ever need a backup or something.
-    * PDX Recycling Vendors contains out-of-date information about who use and what they take. It might be a good idea to break it up some -- just the facts on who we're using now, but also info on folks we've worked with in the past (Quantum, E-Recycling, etc.) just in case we ever need a backup or something.
+* [[Recycling Status]]: Neglected for months, but starting to get the love it deserves again. Will try to update this at least once a week, if not once a day.
-    * Recycling Status: Neglected for months, but starting to get the love it deserves again. Will try to update this at least once a week, if not once a day.
+* [[Forklift Maintenance]]: Will update when our in-the-air forklift situation gets cemented.
-    * Forklift Maintenance: Will update when our in-the-air forklift situation gets cemented.
+* [[What's it worth?]]: Add information about our trial run with TCG.
-    * What's it worth?: Add information about our trial run with TCG.
+* [[Shipping diary and estimates]]: This page hasn't been updated in months. It was created partly so that I could assist Richard in making predictions about recycling income based on bills of lading. I don't know if it ended up being a useful tool for that after all, or if I should can it. Talk to Richard about this and solicit information from other interested parties.
-    * Shipping diary and estimates: This page hasn't been updated in months. It was created partly so that I could assist Richard in making predictions about recycling income based on bills of lading. I don't know if it ended up being a useful tool for that after all, or if I should can it. Talk to Richard about this and solicit information from other interested parties.
+* [[Procedural changes for recycling]] -- first bullet item.
-    * Procedural changes for recycling -- first bullet item.
+* [[Toxins in Computers]] -- I like this author's idea of a "[[Reasons to recycle computers]]" page for the website. I'd like to see the website include the basic information we have now on vendors and hard drive destruction (including Calbag's certified destruction offer), with additional information on the health costs of e-waste, why we don't sell to recyclers who send scrap overseas, pending e-recycling legislation, and the like. Yeah!

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-This evening at Free Geek Oly, I'm scratching my head wondering what to do about a few components.
+During my SVN training a few weeks ago I finally had the opportunity to change the outdated information on our recycling vendors. In looking at the recycling section of the website again, and having stumbled upon the Toxins in Computers wiki page and the "Reasons to recycle computers" stub, I'm thinking I would like to expand the information on our web site to better educate the public on electronics recycling.
-:The answers to all these qustions must ultimatly be addressed by your individual material handlers.  Only they know what they want and what they will pay for it.  But I have added my $0.02.  Good Luck ~jhasen
+So I've created this page as a place to brainstorm ideas for better documentation in the recycling area, uniting my twin passions for writing and smashing stuff. A great deal of the wiki information is out of date as well, or even obsolete, so this is also something of a to-do list to encourage me to clean up the existing documentation While this page exists primarily for my reference, it's public because I'm always happy to get feedback from concerned parties about what they want to know about recycling. (Sometimes I don't know what's going on in my head, or in my life, until I put it in writing.) And seeing as I'm possibly the least left-brained person ever anywhere (see above parenthesis), advice on better organization is always welcome.
-. Aluminum hard drive shells that have small amounts of steel embedded (eg. odd screws and bolts). Would it be possible to sell this to people who want aluminum, for less than the price per lb of Aluminum?
+Xen's documentation to-do list:
-:Dirty aluminum is what our bin is sold as.  Heat sinks make their way in with the steel clamps and
+    * Many of the proposals in Procedural changes for recycling have come to pass. This page needs to be revised and merged with Covering Recycling On A Daily Basis, which is a leetle behind the times.
-other items have the embedded steel as you say.  We sell harddrives seperate because they
+    * What goes where finally has my much-dreamed of ASCII floor plan of the warehouse. I need to check again and make sure this is accurate, as the warehouse is under constant reorganization these days. This contains some out-of-date information on vendors, however, and is a little lengthy. And this is where I'd like to add a few photos.
-are difficult to dissassemble, and the aluminum is hard to divide from the steel.  We get about $.29/lb for them and we don't mine them for aluminum.
+    * PDX Recycling Vendors contains out-of-date information about who use and what they take. It might be a good idea to break it up some -- just the facts on who we're using now, but also info on folks we've worked with in the past (Quantum, E-Recycling, etc.) just in case we ever need a backup or something.
+    * Recycling Status: Neglected for months, but starting to get the love it deserves again. Will try to update this at least once a week, if not once a day.
+    * Forklift Maintenance: Will update when our in-the-air forklift situation gets cemented.
-. Hard drive shells that have a thin plastic coating over them (I'm pretty sure they're aluminum).
+    * What's it worth?: Add information about our trial run with TCG.
+    * Shipping diary and estimates: This page hasn't been updated in months. It was created partly so that I could assist Richard in making predictions about recycling income based on bills of lading. I don't know if it ended up being a useful tool for that after all, or if I should can it. Talk to Richard about this and solicit information from other interested parties.
-:The plastic as far as I know dosen't pollute a aluminum bin in the same way as steel. Shouldn't worry about thin plastic.
+    * Procedural changes for recycling -- first bullet item.
+    * Toxins in Computers -- I like this author's idea of a "Reasons to recycle computers" page for the website. I'd like to see the website include the basic information we have now on vendors and hard drive destruction (including Calbag's certified destruction offer), with additional information on the health costs of e-waste, why we don't sell to recyclers who send scrap overseas, pending e-recycling legislation, and the like. Yeah!

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	# there's less chance you'll accidentally delete how to recycle monitors or something		# there's less chance you'll accidentally delete how to recycle monitors or something
	--[[User:Jeff\|Jeff]]		--[[User:Jeff\|Jeff]]
		+	:Better. Much much better. Thanks Xen for letting me reorganize, and I hope you keep going with the madness. --[[User:Jeff\|Jeff]]

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-The answers to all these qustions must ultimatly be addressed by your individual material handlers.  Only they know what they want and what they will pay for it.  But I have added my $0.02.  Good Luck ~jhasen
+:The answers to all these qustions must ultimatly be addressed by your individual material handlers.  Only they know what they want and what they will pay for it.  But I have added my $0.02.  Good Luck ~jhasen
 . Aluminum hard drive shells that have small amounts of steel embedded (eg. odd screws and bolts). Would it be possible to sell this to people who want aluminum, for less than the price per lb of Aluminum?
-Dirty aluminum is what our bin is sold as.  Heat sinks make their way in with the steel clamps and
+:Dirty aluminum is what our bin is sold as.  Heat sinks make their way in with the steel clamps and
 other items have the embedded steel as you say.  We sell harddrives seperate because they
 are difficult to dissassemble, and the aluminum is hard to divide from the steel.  We get about $.29/lb for them and we don't mine them for aluminum.
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 . Hard drive shells that have a thin plastic coating over them (I'm pretty sure they're aluminum).
-The plastic as far as I know dosen't pollute a aluminum bin in the same way as steel. Shouldn't worry about thin plastic.
+:The plastic as far as I know dosen't pollute a aluminum bin in the same way as steel. Shouldn't worry about thin plastic.
 . Copper. We've been (obviously) demanufacturing hard drives and floppy drives around here, it is possible to get a nice chunk of copper out of them (little green spokes with copper wrapped around each of them).
 Also, I just noticed a light chemical burn on my fingers, I think after I picked up the copper spokes. Anyone had any experience with that? Any thoughts on what it could have been?
-I have not experienced any chemical burns, it may be an allergic reaction.
+:I have not experienced any chemical burns, it may be an allergic reaction.
 I know that dirty copper brings a much lower price than bare, clean copper.
 . Controller boards (?) from floppy drives that have circuit boards <i>printed</i> onto steel. Meaning, one side is green with a light amount of circuitry and the other side is grey.
-We only harvest the controller boards from hard drives, i don't believe the floppy controllers are the same grade.
+:We only harvest the controller boards from hard drives, i don't believe the floppy controllers are the same grade.
 Our floppy drives go into our motor bin whole (except for 5 1/4 drives from which we harvest the tasty aluminum tray.)
-As I said above, you should call your material handelers and ask them these questions.  Things may be different in your neck of the woods.
+:As I said above, you should call your material handelers and ask them these questions.  Things may be different in your neck of the woods.
 == Organization of this page ==

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	As I said above, you should call your material handelers and ask them these questions. Things may be different in your neck of the woods.		As I said above, you should call your material handelers and ask them these questions. Things may be different in your neck of the woods.
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		+	== Organization of this page ==
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		+	I would highly suggest that the status parts of this page be broken off into a 'Recycling Status' page, as
		+	# it's better separation of logical content
		+	# it's better for the recent changes page
		+	# it's easier to find the complete status of recycling in a single glance
		+	# there's less chance you'll accidentally delete how to recycle monitors or something
		+	--[[User:Jeff\|Jeff]]