recyclemac

I have been thinking about putting together a “Computer Recycling Guide” for everyone – talking about the best ways to prepare your computer to either recycle it as e-waste (by taking it to the Shady Grove Transfer Station here in Montgomery County for instance) or finding someone to donate it to (like MacRecycleClinic or other recycling organization). But in a very brief moment of inspiration, I thought why not let you help me do this? Let’s give you the power to contribute to something we can all use. In fact, it’s something we could distribute here and through our MacRecycleClinic.org website.

You don’t need to answer all of the questions – even one is beneficial. It just needs to be based on your own experience no matter where you are. And the answers can be short too. Links are welcome of course. We’ll gather them all together, combine, edit and format – and repost it here on RecycleMac for all to enjoy. And although we are focused on Macs, if you have great tips for the PC side, we’ll be happy to have them as well. Just put your tips in the comments for this posting(which follows)  and we’ll take it from there.  Or if you’d rather, shoot them to me at dottalini at macrecycleclinic.org.

Here are the questions:

1. How do you know it’s time to replace your old computer (see earlier post here but I want your thoughts);
2. How should you prepare your Mac or PC for recycling or donation;
3. Are their pieces of the older machine you can put to good use with the new one?
4. What is the best software to use to get your information transferred from your old computer to your new one?
5. At what point is it better to just recycle your computer vs. donating it individually to someone else or through a non-profit like MacRecycleClinic?
6. Anything else you’d like to contribute?

That’s it!

This will be posted on our Twitter site too (we don’t have a Facebook account as of yet but I do and will post it there) but please pass this along.