GEN: Recyclying Your Computer

[Christine Chiu <pitsco@PITSCO.COM>]

Thought you may be interested in this list of places which recycle
computers....

AnotheR BytE, Inc.
Contact: Charlie DiBella, Executive Director
319 S. San Francisco St
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
1-800-775-0712  ext: 6923
Tech-lab:   (520) 774-9520
Email: abyte@infomagic.com

BOSTON COMPUTER SOCIETY
Nonprofit Assistance Program
Donates computers, monitors, printers and other equipment to non profit
organizations.

Contact: Marlene Archer
Boston Computer Society
Computer & Peripheral Recycling Program
101 First Avenue, Suite 2
Waltham, MA 02154
(617) 290-5700 Fax: (617) 290-5744
E-mail: msa@bcs.org

COMPUTER BANK CHARITY
Computer Bank Charity
15062-B 15th Avenue, N.E.
Seattle, WA 98155
(206) 365-4657
Donates computers and related equipment to non profit organizations and
individuals primarily in the Seattle area, giving priorities to people with
disabilities.  They consider applications elsewhere in Washington State
if transportation can be arranged.

Community Wire
517 E. Wilson Ave. #101
Glendale, CA 91206
Robert Marston
(818) 240-5295
Fax: (818) 240-4024

THE COMPUTER MUSEUM
15062B 15th Avenue, N.E.
Seattle, WA 98155
(206) 365-4657

Contact: Brent Sverdloff
Collections Manager
The Computer Museum
300 Congress Street
Boston MA 02210
(617) 426-2800 x342
FAX 617.426.2943
collections@tcm.org

COMPUTER RECLAMATION INC.
Donates computers and other related equipment to non profit organizations
in the metro Washington D.C. area, but other organizations can apply if they
can arrange transportation. A $25 donation per computer is requested.

Contact: Michael Wiggins
Computer Reclamation Inc.
912 Thayer Avenue, Suite 210
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 495-0280

COMPUTER RECYCLING CENTER
Donates computers to schools in the San Francisco Bay area.

Contact: Mark Hoss
Computer Recycling Center
1245 Terrabella Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
(415) 428-3700

COMPUTER RECYCLING CENTER
Donates computers to non profit organizations and schools with a priority to
those involved in job training and tutoring.  A $50 donation is required.

Contact: Marc Bartholomew, Coordinator
Computer Recycling Center
Cyert Hall, Room B25
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-8609 Fax:(412) 268-8192
E-mail: retread@andrew.cmu.edu

COMPUTER RECYCLING PROJECT, INC
http://www.wco.com/~dale/crp.html
Donates computers and related equipment to non profit organizations and
schools.  Other organizations can apply if they will provide
transportation.

Contact: Dale M. Tersey, Executive Director
Computer Recycling Project
479 Bartlett St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 695-7703
Email: dale@wco.com

COMPUTERS AND YOU
330 Ellis
Rm 610
San Francisco, CA 94102
Glide Memorial Church program to teach computer skills to disadvantaged.
Some pass through of equipment at subsidised rates.
Email: cryinfo@glide.org

COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Welcomes donations of quality computer equipment from individuals and
businesses in California.
Donors call (619) 456-9045 or Send Us a Note! or fax to (619) 456-9918.

Computers for Schools Program
470 Nautilus St., Suite 300
La Jolla, CA 92037
(800) 939-6000, (619) 456-9045

DALLAS COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAM
Donates computers and related equipment in the Dallas area to non profit
organizations that provide computer training and public use.

Contact: Brian Mickel
Dallas Computer Literacy Program
4208 University Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75205

DETWILER FOUNDATION
Donates equipment to California K-12 schools.
Contact: Diana Detwiler, Executive Director

Detwiler Foundation
Computers for Schools Program
470 Nautilus Street, Suite 300
La Jolla, CA 92037
(800) 939-6000  (619) 456-9045

EAST-WEST EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Donates computers and related equipment to non profit organizations and
schools in the U.S. and other countries.  Recipients are selected by the
equipment donors.

Contact: Alexander Randall V
East-West Education Development Foundation
55 Temple Place
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 542-1234  (617) 542-0555
E-mail: alex@donate.org

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE, LIMITED
EAL is a clearinghouse of computers and scientific equipment and software.
It inventories all sorts of equipment donated by corporations.  Lists are
faxed to the K-12 school which may receive any item for a 10 percent
handling fee.  Items are not brand new and they may not be the very latest
model, but extremely useful equipment is available.

Contact: Michael Evans
P.O. Box 3021
Glen Ellyn, IL 60138
(708) 690-0010

Free Bytes NP, Inc.
Donates computers and related equipment to non profit organizations and
schools in the Atlanta area.  Organizations donate $30 per machine.

Contact: Charlie Shufeldt
Free Bytes
One Buckhead Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 364-2136
Email:  74107.2440@CompuServe.COM

GIFTS IN KIND AMERICA
Gifts In Kind America, the leading charity in the field of product
philanthropy, encourages and manages product donations from companies to
support nonprofits addressing critical needs including housing, health care,
education and youth development. Each year, more than $100 million in newly
manufactured products is available for qualified charities.

Contact:  Jennie Ziegler  Manager of Communications
Gifts In Kind America
700 North Fairfax Street, Ste. 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
Email:
ProductDonations@GiftsInKind.org

GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION
A non-profit organization, will recycle unwanted computers and
telecommunications equipment to African users.

Contact: Phil Friedman
Global Technology Foundation
Box 4861
Boulder, CO 80306
(303) 440-1115

GREENDISK
Recycles a million disks every month. The quality of their recycled disks
is high, the retail prive is low.
GreenDisk
15530 Woodinville-Redmond Road
Woodinville, WA 980702
(800) 305-3475

Historical Computer Society
Contact: David Greelish at historical@aol.com
10928 Ted Williams Place
El Paso, TX 79934

LAZARUS FOUNDATION
Recycles computers from the private industry back into the non-profit and
educational markets. Donates computers and related equipment to non profit
organizations and schools in the Washington metropolitan area. Their goal
is to establish computer recycling standards by networking and supporting
all computer recycling  efforts anywhere. The first annual conference will
be held in  Washington D.C. in the sping of '96.

East Coast
Contact: Don Bard or Paul Dammitt
Lazarus Foundation
10378 Eclipse Way
Columbia, MD21044
(202) 205-8308 (410) 381-4762
Email: ebard@aol.com

West Coast
Contact: Kenneth M. Wyrick, Western Regional Director
The Lazarus Foundation
30 West Mission Street, #4
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 563-1009

MARIN COMPUTER RESOURCE CENTER
Donates computers and related equipment to non profit organizations, school
libraries, and low income families in the Marin County area. Other
organizations can apply if they arrange transportation.

Contact: Clay Thompson
Marin Computer Resource Center
862 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, No. 166
San Anselmo, CA 94960
(415) 454-4227
Fax:(415) 456-9492

NATIONAL CRISTINA FOUNDATION
Matches companies and individuals interested in donating computers and
related equipment with non profit organizations and schools that serve people
with disabilities in the U S. and abroad.  Donors send equipment directly to
the beneficiary.

Contact: Yvette Marrin
National Cristina Foundation
591 West Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, Conn 06830
(203) 622-6000

Nonprofit Computer Connection

Contact:  Deborah Hier (pronounced hire)
Computer Donation Program
30 Federal St., 5th Fl.
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 728-9151
Email:  tdc@igc.apc.org

NONPROFIT COMPUTING INC.
Donates computers and related equipment to non profit organizations,
schools and government agencies primarily in New York City.  Will also work
with other groups in the U.S. if they provide transportation.
Contact: John L. German
Non-Profit Computing Inc.
40 Wall Street, Suite 2124
New York, NY 10005-1301
(212) 759-2368
E-mail:  npc@igc.org

NON-PROFIT SERVICES
Donates computers and related equipment to member ($30 fee) nonprofit
organizations in the San Francisco Bay area.

Contact: James Chao
Non-Profit Services
1605 63rd Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
(510) 658-4760

NORTHWEST MICRO
Donates computers and related equipment traded to local nonprofits.

Northwest Micro
Give to the Givers Program
620 S W. Arctic Drive
Beaverton, OR 37005
(503) 628-2555

Oregon Public Networking
Generally takes equipment for public terminals but may  have extras for
transfer to NPO's. Always looking for donations.
P.O. Box 1914
Eugene, OR 97440
(503) 448-9637
Email:  office@efn.org

PROJECT RECYCLE
Contact: Peter Horsley
251 Flinders Lane
MELBOURNE 3000
(03) 650 6624
Facsimile: (03) 650 3689

STUDENT COMPUTER RECYCLING TO OFFER UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN EDUCATION
(SCROUNGE)
A student run program here at Penn State University, located in central
Pennsylvania.  Donates computers to school and other non-profit
organizations. Accepts computers and related equipment from companies and
individuals in Pennsylvania and redistributes these to private and public
schools.
Contact:  Alexis Yurgec - Coordinator, Scrounge
Contact:  Geradine Russell
Pennsylvania State University

SCROUNGE
101 South Frear Building
University Park, PA  16802
(814) 863-7688
Fax (814) 863-8682
Email: scroung9@psuvm.psu.edu

Sun Remarketing
P.O. Box 4059
Logan, UT 84323-4059
Toll-free calls: (800) 821-3221
Local calls: (801) 755-3393
FAX: (801) 755-3311

THE SURPLUS EXCHANGE
Donates and sells computers and related equipment to nonprofit members (one
time $50 membership fee) at a discounted rate.

Contact: Rick Caplan, Executive Director
The Surplus Exchange
1107 Hickory
Kansas City, MO 64101
(816) 472-0444

Urban Ore
7th and Gilman Streets
Berkeley, California
(510) 559-4456
Sells surplus computer equipment at very low rates from their Arts and
Media Exchange.  A store front operation only, no mail order.

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