We recycled a number of old computers and printers yesterday in
an event sponsored by Tekserve and the Lower East Side Ecology
Center. I trust those folks to choose recyclers wisely but I
certainly did not check where it was all going. Update: from the
LESEC website FAQ: What happens to the computers that people
bring to this event? Computer equipment dropped off during our
events is loaded into trucks and transported by the our
contracted electronics recycling company (Sims Recycling
Solutions) to their facility. At the recycling facility all
information from the hard drive is erased and the equipment is
evaluated and tested for reuse potential. Electronics are then
de-manufactured into component parts and recycled. Certain
easily reusable components such as memory chips get harvested
for reuse or refurbished for resale. De-manufacturing involves
separating equipment into 4 major categories: 2) Circuit boards
3) Cathode ray tubes (CRT*) glass 4) Scrap metal Plastic and
scrap metal go to respective recyclers.