[Wylug-discuss] I am going to see Master of the recycling bin - Do you have any questions.

[Cross, Roland [CCS]]

If you are going to investigte recycling of IT Equipment, you might want to visit Roseville Enterprises which is a company set up by Leeds City Council to recycle redundant equipment from business. They collect equipment free of charge (although that may only be with us because we are a large business) and accept working and faulty kit.

If the equipment is catalogued before sending, then they will also give the business a report on how the equipment has been redistributed, used as spares or scrapped etc. (e.g many children in care in Leeds have received equipment from this source). They also provide supported employment for disabled people and you can find more information at http://www.through-the-maze.org.uk/pages/RosevilleEnterprises

Many business now have IT recycling policies in place (e.g. http://www.lmu.ac.uk/local/fin/purch/disp-pro.htm) and are obliged to be reviewing this under ISO 14001.

Roland Cross
Operations Manager
Computing Services
Leeds Met
Room C210a
Tel: X3071
Mobile: 07947 419239

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun Laughey [mailto:shaun.laughey at pyr2.com]
> Sent: 30 March 2004 21:16
> To: Shaun Laughey
> Cc: wylug-discuss at wylug.org.uk
> Subject: [Wylug-discuss] I am going to see Master of the
> recycling bin - Do you have any questions.
>
>
> Well I have been told I can name a time and date for going to
> see the recycling tsar at Leeds City Council. So in order to
> prepare fully I thought I'd take some questions from as many
> people as I can and then do a sort of fact finding thing. Now
> I definately wanted to know about the Indonesian rumour -
> does all the green bin waste go to the Third world and do
> supermarket carrier bags pollute their once beautiful
> Islands? What is _actually_ recycled and what is wasted? What
> plans are there to start educating people that using lots and
> lots of packaging is not only harmful but expensive
> (sometimes more than the
> food/item)
> What can I do with the box full of AMD chips I've burnt over
> the years and all the other accumulated dead computer parts.
> Can they get recycled? Why isn't there a scheme for companies
> to recycle? I don't see any green bins in most office
> complexes. Is there a plan to do neighbourhood watch like
> schemes on this. I'd rather my taxes were doing some good
> than just hassling the kids?
>
> My questions are starting get a bit like my three year olds
> "But why" ones. I'll report back what I find. Hopefully with
> pictures, figures and find out if they use OSI approved stuff
> on anything.
>
>
> Shaun Laughey.
>
>
>
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