[LINK] 1.6m computers into landfill, 1.8 into storage

[Kim Holburn]

Gee, I took a really old Computer and a Mac SE/30 to the tip  
yesterday (Aussie Junk at Mitchell in Canberra) and I had to pay $15  
for the "cpu" and $20 for the "monitor" - the SE/30 qualified as a  
monitor.

I'd reckon it'd be a lot cheaper to put them in your wheelie bin one  
by one than to take them to the dump at the moment.

On 2006/Nov/11, at 11:11 AM, Adam Todd wrote:

> At 10:28 AM 11/11/2006, Stilgherrian wrote:
>> Says the ABS:
>>
>>     It has been estimated that in Australia, in 2006, there will be
>>     around 1.6 million computers disposed of in landfill, another
>>     1.8 million in storage (in addition to the 5.3 million already
>>     gathering dust in garages and other storage areas) and half a
>>     million recycled, according to the "Advancing Australia" report
>>     from the Department of Communications, Information Technology
>>     and the Arts.
>
> Yup, I've got about 30 complete in my garage all heading to  
> landfill in the next week or two.  I've got about 400 motherboards  
> from XT to Pentiums that are all going as well (does that count as  
> 400?)
>
> I got a lot of other stuff I'm tossing too.  Hundreds of network  
> cards, hubs, cables (AUI, ether, phone, multipair) dozens of  
> monitors.  I tossed 30 monitors last council cleanup.


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