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My monitor died. What's the proper way to dispose of it?


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Leave it in the back seat of an unlocked car. Someone will steal it.

My monitor died. What's the proper way to dispose of it?

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
 
on 06/23/04 said:
Sell it on Ebay as "untested" (no base unit) thus selling as faulty.
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Not what I had in mind. Is there some kind of electronics recycling firm
that picks up things like monitors?


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Not what I had in mind. Is there some kind of electronics recycling firm
that picks up things like monitors?
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Plenty of Ebay retailers would be glad to take it off you hands.
Contact one of the many sellers of "untested" goods.
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Go to any monitor repair shop. They will gladly take it, fix it and sell it
and make a nice profit.
 
My monitor died. What's the proper way to dispose of it?
Go to any monitor repair shop. They will gladly take it, fix it and sell it
and make a nice profit.
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That is probably the best place to take it to.
However I doubt theyd want it if its a small ie 15" crt monitor: there
wouldnt be much or any profit after attempting to fix it.
I do remember watching an article on the news where the Japanese have
started a venture to properly recycle monitors and other electrical consumer
units. It'll be years before that type of thinking takes off in the West.

Mark.
 
That is probably the best place to take it to.
However I doubt theyd want it if its a small ie 15" crt monitor: there
wouldnt be much or any profit after attempting to fix it. I do remember
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It's a 17 inch. I'll check for a local repair shop.
watching an article on the news where the Japanese have started a venture
to properly recycle monitors and other electrical consumer units. It'll
be years before that type of thinking takes off in the West.
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You're probably right.


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There is clear profit to be made by finding a monitor repair store. Even if
they wouldn't give you any money for it, even if they chose not to repair
it, they would still know where to recycle it and it would be able to
forward it to get the most resources out of it, with money for themselves to
be made, and the poisons not going into the environment. That's a plus for
everyone if you're thinking beyond money.
 
My monitor died. What's the proper way to dispose of it?


Alan
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It depends on your locality. Some cities have recycling businesses
that you can drop them off at. Some strip them for component
elements, others refurb them for resale. Some might give you a token
sum like $10, but most won't, and a few charge you a disposal fee.
You'll need to consult your local phone book. If there isn't, then
your only other choices are to take it to the dump and deposit it in
the toxic waste (due to the mercury and lead components) warehouse, or
in the appliances pile.

Aside from special annual pick-up days, municipalities usually don't
do pickup on these items so getting it to the dump is probably your
problem. Contact your town/city hall for details. If you leave it at
the curb, it will likely stay there until bylaw enforcement comes by
to fine you.

As some suggested, you can also try to sell it on Ebay as a dead
nonfunctional unit. I don't know how much you'd get for it.
 
Ebay don't consider it dishonest.

Although technically it is an illegal lottery at best.
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So you're a mind reader now?

If an item is listed as untested, but is tested to be broken, it is
certainly dishonest. Email Ebay and ask them if you're right.
 
MCheu said:
It depends on your locality. Some cities have recycling businesses
that you can drop them off at. Some strip them for component
elements, others refurb them for resale. Some might give you a token
sum like $10, but most won't, and a few charge you a disposal fee.
You'll need to consult your local phone book. If there isn't, then
your only other choices are to take it to the dump and deposit it in
the toxic waste (due to the mercury and lead components) warehouse, or
in the appliances pile.
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Our local (Oregon) dump recently re-classisified all CRT-containing devices as "hazardous", meaning you
can no longer just toss them in the pit. Due to the lead content in the tube itself (along with other
metals and chemicals), you have to pay a specific fee depending on the size and type; between ten and
twenty dollars, per device. They are then processed to reclaim the most hazardous components.

Jon
 
It depends on your locality.
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Exactly.

In my city, monitors and/or TV's are not considered toxic waste.
They're picked up with the regular garbage.


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Trent©

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kony said:
So you're a mind reader now?

If an item is listed as untested, but is tested to be broken, it is
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It is sold as faulty.
certainly dishonest. Email Ebay and ask them if you're right.
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What percentage of items sold as 'untested' do you believe are
faulty.
About 100%, if the item is of any significany value.
 
Is there some kind of electronics recycling firm
that picks up things like monitors?
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Wouldn't it be ecologically more sound to give it to someone who's
even slightly knowledgeable about electronics so that he or she can
spend $0-20 and an hour and make it work again? Completely dead
monitors are usually easy to fix.
 
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