[H-GEN] disposing of old PC hardware

[Geoff Shang]

Hi,

First, thanks to all who wrote regarding my ISP choices.  I've pretty much 
decided on my ISP and am rapidly narrowing down my choice of ADSL 
modem/router.

As part of our moving process, I've been reminded of how much old PC crap 
we have lying around.  By old I mean the mostly used up shell of a P233, a 
mostly functioning shell of a P120 which served us well for 4 years, a 486 
DX2/66 which looks like it was designed to withstand a nuclear atack, and 
an old monitor which I believe is showing signs of age.

I'm thinking I'll hang on to the P120 for a bit, at least until I do some 
upgrades, as once I replace the power supply fan, I could wheel it into 
service without much effort if needed, but I figure the rest is pretty much 
useless (operational maybe, but very old--e.g. a 120 MB HD).

So how should one get rid of such gear? I've heard about toxic material in 
old PCs and figured someone on here would know how we're meant to deal with 
this stuff.

Geoff.


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