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> Any typical household would probably not emit more than one unwanted computer a year, Without trying to look it up, I suspect corporate desktop computers in
by PopAlongKid 4y ago
> Any typical household would probably not emit more than one unwanted computer a year,
Without trying to look it up, I suspect corporate desktop computers in the time period (IBM PC/XT/PS2, Compaq luggable, AT&T 6300) were a very significant part of the waste stream, and I think most of those just went directly to landfills, with only a few "2nd lives" when sold to employees.
- toast0 4y agoMy high school got a large donation of corporate junked computers circa 1998 (was used for an after school technical program in computer repair), and I'm sure the corporations took a nice write off. Larger companies with enough computers to matter for this purpose likely have ways to get rid of capital equipment that aren't just throwing it away, and there's no reason computers wouldn't fit into that. For those computers that did end up in landfills, I imagine they wouldn't be very salvageable, there's lots of crushing processes that happen on the way to the landfill, and while most of the other trash will get crushed first, cause metal boxes are pretty sturdy, it doesn't take much to crack a motherboard and then it's not nearly as useful.