Minneapolis Public Schools' "Transition Plus" program will take your old computers at no cost. They *won't* take monitors, printers, or anything else. They have a bin in their parking lot on the east side of Chicago Ave S, just north of 34th street. Just drop your computer in there.<div>
<br></div><div>The computers are used in vocational training for students with disabilities. Mostly the computers are torn apart and the parts are sorted and sold for scrap, which in turn helps fund the training program for the students.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Conveniently, Transition Plus is right next door to Free Geek. So you can give your decent stuff to Free Geek for them to use, and the stuff that is really junk, like your old PIIs, can go to Transition Plus. Or you can mix and match however you want.</div>
<div><br></div><div>CRT monitors will be the hardest to get rid of. Hennepin county will take a limited number per household at no cost. Maybe you have a few friends in Hennepin county who you can "give" a couple monitors to?</div>
<div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Brian Lawrence <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blawrence@qwest.net">blawrence@qwest.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
A few years ago there was a free computer recycling program at the Mall of<br>
America that was so successful they had to close it early because of the<br>
volume of equipment they received. I waited in line on 494 forever and was<br>
turned away like everyone else, but I called around that afternoon and found<br>
a place that took my truckload of computer equipment for free. If I recall<br>
correctly that place was Resource Recovery Technologies in Rosemount. When I<br>
called there today they told me that their price to recycle a computer and<br>
monitor was $75 which is consistent with most of the other places I've<br>
checked. Maybe I was lucky and got a deal or may RRT was involved with the<br>
MOA recycling program and I didn't know it. In any case, I have a basement<br>
full of ancient computers, monitors, printers, and network hardware that I<br>
want to get rid of and I would have to take out a loan to recycle it all. I<br>
know there are a few places in town that will refurbish old computers for<br>
low income families but I'm talking 286/386/486 vintage. Why do I still have<br>
all of these treasures? Good question. Time to let them go.<br>
<br>
So, does anyone know of any place within the metro area that will take ANY<br>
computer equipment for free?<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
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