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

[Fred Pilcher]

On Sunday 12 November 2006 17:34, Kim Holburn wrote:
> 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.

Yeah - same here. I can understand that it's expensive to dispose of this 
stuff safely, but those prices all but guarantee that people will do exactly 
what you've described.

If ever there was a case for funding something as a public good, this is it.