[XCSSA] Free monitors - first come, first get!!!
xcssa@xcssa.org
xcssa@xcssa.org
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:43:06 -0600
On Nov 18, 2007, at 10:24 AM, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
>>> Both monitors are free to anyone who wants them. Just let me
>>> know before the garbage man comes Tuesday. They'll both be going
>>> out in the trash Tuesday if no one notifies me before then.
>>> Chuck
CRTs don't belong in the trash. There's quite a bit of lead in those
things, plus it's not cool to give them vacuum glass. If the trash
men are trained well enough, they won't even pick them up. (Of course
there's always dumpsters, but that doesn't make it right.)
> At first, I was going to suggest recycling the old monitors, then I
> came across this article on CNN:
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/18/electronics.trash.ap/index.html
>
> The article mentions a company in San Antonio that collects old
> items for recycling.
> Randy rjb@leebs.net
If they work, I say give them to Goodwill.
- Bruce -