> > > http://www.cnn.com/money/2004/07/13/news/fortune500/recycle_pc/index.htm
> >
> > ... and what do you suppose their definition is of "recycling"?
> > (Pentium >1 GHz; anything else or slower is "too obsolete" to
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Bryan Pope wrote:
> Arrrgh!! A 1 Ghz machine is perfect for a MAME machine!! :-(
To be fair, that was my guess of their parameters for "recycling",
NOT their wording.
But what do YOU think they would do with a Northstar?
> Maybe we should all start hanging out at our local Office Depots with a
> truck...
I doubt that it would require a very large incentive (bribe) to
get the Office Depot employee to cull "obsolete crap" for you.
> > "one product per day"??? THAT does NOT sound like a serious
> > effort to recycle. THAT is "free disposal".
The "one product per day" is to avoid the possibility of
recycling any significant amount, but to get people to
come to the store with the machine that they bought a few
years ago. ... and while there, shop for a replacement.
> It would be nice to know what they plan to do with these systems...
The HP "recycling" of toner and ink cartridges is a very
systematic scrapping of the materials.
Received on Tue Jul 13 2004 - 14:25:22 BST