Hi, Judith FreeCycle might be what you need. It's an invaluable method for giving away stuff -- the takers have to do the picking up, at a mutually convenient time and place. Here's the overview/sign-up for your area's FreeCycle group: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/freecycledc/info (I'd sign up for the Digest version if I were you.) Believe it or not, there are people who want even the broken computers. Karen Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS Independent Exhibit Curator Museum and Editorial Consultant [log in to unmask] Princeton Research Forum, a community of independent scholars: http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:14:36 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Technology disposal To: [log in to unmask] I need a little help from the list. I'm at a small historic preservation nonprofit and we've had some trouble with technology so I've been upgrading computers and copiers. What do you all do with your old equipment? I have a computer (tower, monitor, speakers, keyboard) and a copier/printer that no longer works, but what should I do with them? Everything you read is not to throw them out because of the chemicals, but we don't have the budget to pay a business to recycle them. If they worked I'd take them to another nonprofit that could use them or does refurbishing, but it's all broken equipment. Any suggestions? We're located in Washington, DC and anything I do with them essentially involves carrying them by hand, which is difficult with the weight of the copier (we have no hand-truck). Thanks for your help. Judith Judith Andrews Administrative Coordinator The L'Enfant Trust 1310 19th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 www.lenfant.org Karen Reeds [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).