Dell expands recycling program, no purchase required

PC manufacturers and governments alike are catching on to the fact that the average, well-meaning consumption sloth would love to recycle their gear, as long as it's free and someone else does the work. Dell, Apple and others offer programs which allow free recycling of product with the purchase of new, presumably, replacement gear. Now Dell has one-upped the industry by allowing Dell owners to arrange for free-pickup of any Dell-branded product, anytime -- no purchase required. After Dell customers enter their asset tag(s) on Dell's recycling website, they simply print out the pre-paid air bill and follow the instructions to pack and schedule the collection of their equipment. Yeah, ok, there's still effort involved and there's always the risk of your Ditty ending up in the digital dump, but until toll-booth operators or other robotic life forms can be dispatched, it's about as close to effortless as your gonna get.

[Via CNET]

[daaper Posted Jun 29th 2006 9:07AM]

way to step up, Dell...I'm proud of you

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2006 9:44AM]

That's all well and good, but what if your laptop's asset tag is too scorched to be readable?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2006 11:39AM]

I just purchased a laptop from Dell and requested the postage paid slip, etc., planning to send my old P3 500 laptop, which a completely severed screen that is held together with cardboard and shipping tape.

Sadly enough, I'm strangely attached to it and still havcen't sent it in. It still completely functions, save supporting its own screen, so there must be SOMETHING it's useful for. It feels like I'm discarding the last 7 years of my computing life.

Suggestions are welcome.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2006 1:48PM]

> held together with cardboard and shipping tape
> Suggestions are welcome.

Hey, do an eBay search for "broken laptop" and you will see that there is a market for your computer. 500 MHz is fine for someone looking to build a carputer.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2006 4:35PM]

FYI: The goodwill near my house is accepting old PC's for recycling. Not sure if this is nation wide but it's worth noting.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2006 5:12AM]

hello all friend!i need a laptop to study but i do not enought money to buy another.Please send me your old Laptop (thank you so much)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 5th 2007 2:01AM]

Hello all friend!i need a laptop to study but i do not enought money to buy another.Please send me your old PC or Laptop (thank you so much)