[ale] recycling old RAM?

[Jim Kinney]

drill a hole, add a key ring and make it a geeky keychain fob.

Seriously, just offer it for free on Craigslist. In the Reduce-> Reuse->
Recycle process, the first two Rs have a far greater impact that the last
one. Only the last gets used as a revenue source so that's the only focus.
Recycling a circuit board is a nasty, messy process that involves basically
burning it to extract the metals and flue gas emissions from a complex mix
of organics being burned. Ewaste is a huge and rapidly growing issue that
is so far mostly exported to the outland regions of other countries for
open-pit fires tended by children. WHO has a PDF about lead and cadmium
exposure http://bit.ly/yfRYlg

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Watson, Keith <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu>wrote:

> I have taken old parts and hot glued hard drive magnets to them. They make
> great refrigerator magnets.
>
> keith
>
> --
>
> Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
> IT Support professional Lead           College of Computing
> keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
> (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Pete
> > Hardie
> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 08:11
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> > Subject: [ale] recycling old RAM?
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I just upgraded the RAM on my standby laptop, and now I have 512M that
> > doesn't have a home.  Is there anything anyone is aware of for
> > re-using
> > old, not quite obsolete RAM, beside an electronics waste recycler?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> >
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> > Pete Hardie
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consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
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