<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Sorry, I think it is Cobb County residents. I dropped off 11 boxes of various antiquated hardware. No charge. I expected a fee as well, but paid none. Maybe Fulton has something similar. <br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Geoffrey Myers</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 24, 2021, at 12:09 PM, Solomon Peachy via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:58:52AM -0500, Derek Atkins via Ale wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Due to their age (over 45000 hours power-on, over 5 years since purchase)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>they are most likely out of warranty. But I don't want to just toss them</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in the trash if there is a more environmentally friendly way to dispose of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>them.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Well, it's more the "mentally" friendly than "environmentally" but I'm a </span><br><span>strong proponent of disposing of hard drives by means of a few </span><br><span>30-ish-caliber holes.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Or just disassemble them and turn the platters into (very) shiny </span><br><span>windchimes...</span><br><span></span><br><span> - Solomon</span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org (email&xmpp)</span><br><span> @pizza:shaftnet dot org (matrix)</span><br><span>High Springs, FL speachy (freenode)</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Ale mailing list</span><br><span>Ale@ale.org</span><br><span>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</span><br><span>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</span><br><span>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>