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

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Hi All,

You might be interested in the Corporate Governance of ICT perspective 
on this.
> Recycling & IT Governance
> by Tom Cleary, August 2006
<http://www.acs.org.au/governance/tomcleary.html>
and the related ISO 14000 angle.
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2006/09/life-cycle-analysis-20-sep-canberra.html>

Marghanita

Daniel Rose wrote:
> In canberra I use skippy bins, $120 for a skip, fill it full of
> computers and everyone is happy; they reckon a computer savvy guy comes
> and takes it all away from their yard for recycling. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:link-bounces at anumail0.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Kim Holburn
> Posted At: Sunday, 12 November 2006 17:34 PM
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> Conversation: [LINK] 1.6m computers into landfill, 1.8 into storage
> Subject: Re: [LINK] 1.6m computers into landfill, 1.8 into storage
> 
> 
> 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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