[Coco] Not enough computers in landfill

[Jim Cox]

Here's an article about a  proposed national PC recycling 
program.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1759679,00.asp

IMHO it's sad how much of this stuff is tossed into the 
dumpster when it could be going schools or programs for 
the disadvantaged.  Even if it's considered "outdated" 
kids could still use it to play around with and learn true 
hacking skills.  Most people don't realize how powerful a 
P2 266 running LInux or one of the BSD's can be?

-Jim

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:44:03 -0500
  Ward Griffiths <wdg3rd at comcast.net> wrote:
>From _Rational Review News Daily_ (where I read the 
>headlines _I_ care 
> about).  Some think the number of unrecycled antiques is 
>a _bad_ thing.  
> I think that low figure on landfills is a positive, and 
>I hope it's 
> mostly PCs and compatibles, rather than 8-bits.
> 
> Ward
> _____
> 19. Mandated electronics recycling: A lose-lose-lose 
>proposition
> ----------
> Competitive Enterprise Institute
> by Dana Joel Gattuso
> 
> "The widespread use of computers in the home and the 
>rapid
> technological advancements that enable new, better, and 
>more powerful
> models to roll out each year have created an enormous 
>number of
> obsolete machines. The annual number of used, outdated 
>personal
> computers increased from 18 million in 1997 to an 
>estimated 61
> million in 2004. Experts predict that from 2004 to the 
>end of 2007,
> there will be a total 246 million home computers no 
>longer in use. To
> date, most used computers have not yet entered the waste 
>stream. An
> estimated 75 percent are likely stored in people's homes 
>in attics,
> garages, and basements. Fourteen percent are believed to 
>be recycled
> or reused, and an even smaller amount -- 11 percent -- 
>is
> landfilled." (02/02/05)
> 
> http://cei.org/gencon/025,04386.cfm
> -- 
> Ward Griffiths				wdg3rd at comcast.net
> 
> Government is actually the worst failure of civilized 
>man. There has
> never been a really good one, and even those that are 
>most tolerable are
> arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.		-- H. L. 
>Mencken
> 
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