Recycle

http://www.freegeek.org/recycle.php

RECYCLE EQUIPMENT

Any computer equipment, working or not, can be donated to FREE GEEK; we will repair and reuse what computers we can. Non-functioning computers and scrap will be recycled responsibly.

A very old dot-matrix printer on its way to recycling. A very old dot-matrix printer on its way to recycling.

Please see this link for equipment donations. WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR COMPUTER WHEN IT IS RECYCLED?

Computers that are deemed obsolete or broken are demanufactured and separated into their basic components. FREE GEEK then finds a local industrial recycler to process the materials.

• Plastics are processed by Total Reclaim in Portland, Oregon.
• Steel is sold to Schnitzer Steel, in Portland, Oregon.
• Aluminum, motors, wires and cables, printers, scanners, and speakers and other copper bearing material are sold to Bear ECycling in Portland, Oregon.
• Circuit boards and processors are sold for precious metal recovery to Hallmark Refining Corporation in Washington and Bear ECycling in Portland, Oregon.
• Obsolete monitors and terminals are processed by Total Reclaim in Portland, Oregon.

FREE GEEK works with companies that we are confident are handling the materials in an environmentally responsible manner.

Wanted

• Liane's edits
• why these vendors: criteria, BAN pledge
• little bit about the ban pledge
• coming changes in ewaste legislation and link to environmental impact of ewaste
• no links to vendor names