Comments on: Do electronics go to heaven when they die? http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/ MostlyLisa.com - The adventures of Lisa Bettany aka Mostly Lisa, a Vancouver-based photographer, multimedia producer and blogger Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:43:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Pasquale http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-9900 Pasquale Sun, 11 May 2008 13:01:16 +0000 http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/02/04/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-9900 Melt them up and turn them into hats for orphans. Melt them up and turn them into hats for orphans.

]]> By: RBeezy http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8082 RBeezy Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:10:59 +0000 http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/02/04/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8082 booyahkah --> http://livinggreenvancouver.com/ booyahkah –> http://livinggreenvancouver.com/

]]> By: Sean http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8080 Sean Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:34:46 +0000 http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/02/04/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8080 Do you have a Goodwill in your area? If so, you could always donate the goodies to them and even get a tax break for doing it which leads me to use the part of my brain that's Canadian and ask "do they give tax breaks in Canada, eh?" I have a big rubber tub thing-a-ma-bob that I keep all sorts of wires, connectors, etc in... indeed, the life of a geek. You could also turn that giant box-o-geektastic-future-rama-radical gear into a pet robot for your other robot. Do you have a Goodwill in your area?

If so, you could always donate the goodies to them and even get a tax break for doing it which leads me to use the part of my brain that’s Canadian and ask “do they give tax breaks in Canada, eh?”

I have a big rubber tub thing-a-ma-bob that I keep all sorts of wires, connectors, etc in… indeed, the life of a geek.

You could also turn that giant box-o-geektastic-future-rama-radical gear into a pet robot for your other robot.

]]> By: Chris Magnusson http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8075 Chris Magnusson Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:08:18 +0000 http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/02/04/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8075 In addition to what film_girl said, I noticed in the Calgary MEC that there is a box for dropping off old, unwanted cell phones; the Vancouver stores are likely the same. That could put a ding in your heap. Also, our town has a (usually) monthly recycling fair where anyone can take their recyclables and the group that holds it will cart the stuff away to wherever it is recycled. But that may be a rather excessive undertaking in a city as big as Vancouver. Finally, I saw something several months ago about a group in the Vancouver area that drove around picking up electronic recyclables/donatables but I am unable to find it atm. In addition to what film_girl said, I noticed in the Calgary MEC that there is a box for dropping off old, unwanted cell phones; the Vancouver stores are likely the same. That could put a ding in your heap. Also, our town has a (usually) monthly recycling fair where anyone can take their recyclables and the group that holds it will cart the stuff away to wherever it is recycled. But that may be a rather excessive undertaking in a city as big as Vancouver. Finally, I saw something several months ago about a group in the Vancouver area that drove around picking up electronic recyclables/donatables but I am unable to find it atm.

]]> By: ComposeAnalysis http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8071 ComposeAnalysis Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:34:07 +0000 http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/02/04/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8071 wow look at all those goodies! I think Christina answered the questions perfectly I have a bad habit of keeping every electronic and cord too, for example: my first mp3 player that plays for 30 min tops and holds a whopping 12 songs :) wow look at all those goodies!
I think Christina answered the questions perfectly
I have a bad habit of keeping every electronic and cord too, for example: my first mp3 player that plays for 30 min tops and holds a whopping 12 songs :)

]]> By: Ian http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8069 Ian Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:17:51 +0000 http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/02/04/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8069 Ha, I've been going through this nightmare recently! After buying my first Mac 3 months ago I have gained some kind of obsession with getting wrid of junk, and my mountains of old electronics and pc's seemed like a good place to start. Unfortunately I also can't bare to chuck things into the ground and would rather see them get reused or at least recycled. I feel pretty good today as I actually managed to send 4 mobile phones off for recycling! I can't really advise of anywhere to recycle your stuff as I'm the other side of the water, but persevere, as when you know your tech is going to a better place, it makes you feel warm inside ;) Ha, I’ve been going through this nightmare recently! After buying my first Mac 3 months ago I have gained some kind of obsession with getting wrid of junk, and my mountains of old electronics and pc’s seemed like a good place to start.

Unfortunately I also can’t bare to chuck things into the ground and would rather see them get reused or at least recycled. I feel pretty good today as I actually managed to send 4 mobile phones off for recycling!

I can’t really advise of anywhere to recycle your stuff as I’m the other side of the water, but persevere, as when you know your tech is going to a better place, it makes you feel warm inside ;)

]]> By: Christina http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8068 Christina Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:34:37 +0000 http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/02/04/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8068 I got caught in your moderation filter for including URLs. Find me in a stack of Viagra ads I got caught in your moderation filter for including URLs.

Find me in a stack of Viagra ads

]]> By: Christina http://mostlylisa.com/2008/02/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8065 Christina Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:56:02 +0000 http://www.mostlylisa.com/2008/02/04/do-electronics-go-to-heaven-when-they-die/#comment-8065 Alright, how much do I rule? This is how much: http://www.era.ca/donations/recycling/ and http://www.era.ca/donations/recycling/yancouver.html Looks like they'll even come to you to pick stuff up -- and they donate a large portion to schools, the community and other charities. Pretty nifty. Here in the states we usually have to pay to recycle our electronics (and it's not cheap, I got to get rid of two items when I bought my MacBook because Apple included free FedExing to some recycling plant, but doing it yourself can get expensive), and the scary Al Gore movie or not, PAYING to recycle my shit to some organization that is probably going to refurb half of it anyway is an easy way for me to dump stuff in the compactor. Alright, how much do I rule? This is how much:

http://www.era.ca/donations/recycling/

and

http://www.era.ca/donations/recycling/yancouver.html

Looks like they’ll even come to you to pick stuff up — and they donate a large portion to schools, the community and other charities.

Pretty nifty. Here in the states we usually have to pay to recycle our electronics (and it’s not cheap, I got to get rid of two items when I bought my MacBook because Apple included free FedExing to some recycling plant, but doing it yourself can get expensive), and the scary Al Gore movie or not, PAYING to recycle my shit to some organization that is probably going to refurb half of it anyway is an easy way for me to dump stuff in the compactor.

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