XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 10/28/2025 3:13 AM, Handsome Jack wrote:   
   > On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:09:38 -0400, Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Some of our recyclers here, closed a couple years ago. There simply   
   >> isn't enough capacity to absorb the discarded machines now.   
   >> The waste removal will not accept them. They'll sit on the curb.   
   >> Most likely, you'll look on country roads, and next to the refrigerator   
   >> and sofa off the side of the road, will now be added PCs. And that will   
   >> be our legacy. A PC to go with their "household" stored on the side of   
   >> the road.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Here in London, you leave anything vaguely metal out in the front drive,   
   > the pikeys have taken it away in a few hours.   
   >   
      
   Sure, there is some value in the component parts. But   
   part of the market for those component parts, those   
   machines are being thrown out, so there are fewer people   
   looking for DDR3 sticks for a machine.   
      
   You could lift them off the curb and recycle the metal bits   
   to the iron monger. I don't know what kind of money you can earn   
   doing that. Taking apart PCs isn't cheap in terms of hours of labour.   
      
   We had recycling companies, and I think they were in it, for the items   
   turned in that could readily be sold. Carrying an inventory that isn't   
   moving, does not work for them. A pikey can make a few bucks, but   
   is it enough to live off ?   
      
      Paul   
      
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