> What I'd like to see is a combined "donation/thrift > shop" approach. Just as a reminder, in the thread << OT: deceased erstwhile microwave oven >> about my old oven (which had already been replaced), the last few (relevant) posts noted that there was a HAPPY ENDING, because --> Joseph Sinclair alerted me, that I could donate it to Westech Recyclers ý ( http://www.westechrecyclers.com/ ) and then I phoned them on May 01, 2009, and the result was, NOT ONLY that they would take the thing, (and presumably at least "part" of it would not wind up in a landfill -- at least not until another round-trip to a "consumer use" and back) , BUT ALSO, I would not even have to schlep down to their (downtown Phoenix) location, because they pick up twice a week from Savers (a thrift shop [chain]), and since Savers does have branches all over town, it is *much* closer [for me] (to go) to the nearest Savers, than to go all the way downtown. And I may not have mentioned this, but I also had a dead flat screen LCD display, and an almost-new office chair that (long story) had died about 1 week after I bought it, and the dept. of Savers that I went to, that accepts stuff to be recycled by Westech Recyclers, took all of that stuff, and I ran 3 other errands in the same area of town, as the Savers I was going to, and I took a total of 3 items to Savers on that one trip (including the deceased microwave oven) -- and that happened the same day (May 01, 2009). [*before* my set-out deadline for un-contained trash]. This strikes me as being very similar to the idea of > a combined "donation/thrift shop" approach. that was mentioned in the Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM, post from < fouldragon@aol.com> (see below). -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM, wrote: > What I'd like to see is a combined "donation/thrift shop" approach. > > I could see going somewhere where I could drop off my evol old > rubber-dome keyboards, the Umax SuperMac which won't run OSX, and that > 66MHz Windows NT PowerPC workstation, and dig through a pile of > everyone else's equally abandoned parts for items to fill up the space > those were taking. > > But I think that there's a tendency to usually only want to take or > refurbish "marketable" gear. > -----Original Message----- > From: Lisa Kachold > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Sent: Tue, 5 May 2009 5:29 pm > Subject: TechShop > > > A good idea for Phoenix? > > http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/28/boing-boing-video-re-2.html > > Anyone want to invest? > > Okay, well if not for profit TechShop workshop membership, how about a > nice FreeGeek recycler endeavor? > > Well, yes, it might not work, since one can toss out anything here > without having to pay landfill prices like Boregon! > > How about something in between? A non-profit renovation that takes old > equipment for a write off and renovates them for other non-profits? I > think federal grants are available? > -- > www.obnosis.com (503)754-4452 > "Contradictions do not exist." A. Rand > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...] >