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Dell Computers Is Partnering With Goodwill to Offer Computer Recycling Services
Dell Computers Is Partnering With Goodwill to
Offer Computer Recycling Services
Recently Dell announced that it has partnered
with Goodwill Industries, in New Jersey, with a program they call
Reconnect. The Reconnect Program is designed to help protect the
environment by responsibly promoting computer recycling and reuse of
computer equipment. At the same time the Reconnect program will
work to connect lower income people with much needed technology
products.
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In New York and New Jersey alone,
there is a prediction of more than 4 million pounds of used computer
equipment expected to end up in a landfill this year alone. The
Reconnect Program allows people to bring their used computer
equipment into a local Goodwill drop-off location for recycling.
This makes the computer recycling services free to the donator and
at the same time helps to educate people on the need for computer
recycling services to keep toxic electronics out of landfills.
Reconnect will also help create job opportunities for individuals
with disabilities and other employment issues through the Goodwill
Industries business model. Goodwill Industries provides
job-training and employment services to people who have barriers in
finding employment on their own.
The Reconnect Program is set-up so that Goodwill will accept all of
the donated computer equipment at their locations around New
Jersey. The Goodwill staff will sort the equipment and determine
which are able to be used and which need to be taken apart and
recycled. |
Dell will handle the recycling and
remarketing of the recycled computer materials, such as the
plastics, glass and metals contained in the various parts. Dell has
global experience in electronics recycling and can assist Goodwill
Industries with their computer recycling services.
Residents will be asked to remove all of their personal data from
the donated computer hard drives, and any other attached storage
media, before donating their computers to Goodwill. Goodwill staff
will provide donors with a donation receipt at the time of donation
so they may write the donation off on their tax returns.
 In addition to the Reconnect program in New Jersey, Dell and
Goodwill Industries have also partnered with each other in other
states for similar programs.
You have a few options open to you when it comes to your home
computer recycling needs. Computer recycling is often done at your
local landfill, recycling center or through your local electronics
recyclers. At any of these locations you can take them your old
computer, monitor, and printers and they will recycle them for you.
However, they will generally charge you a nominal fee for the
service. The fee can range from about $5 up to about $20 in most
areas, depending on the items you want to dispose of; computer
recycling will be the most expensive while printer recycling will be
less expensive.
Many areas now offer you a special day once or twice per year where you
can take all of your electronics to be recycled for free. They will
allow you to bring your unwanted computer and printer equipment.
You will generally find announcements for computer recycling events
in your local newspaper.
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