Computing with Cait

Do you have an old PC that you need to figure out what to do with it?  One option besides putting it out with the trash is to recycle it.  Recycling means that either just the parts are recycled for their metal content or that it is put to use by schools or non-profit organizations for whom your trash is their treasure.  Your PC might have outlived its usefulness to you but still be of use to someone else. 

Listed below are organizations that can help place your old computer somewhere where it can have a second life.  

The National Cristina Foundation               www.cristina.org

Distributes computers to people with disabilities, needy students and others.

Share the Technology                                   www.sharetechnology.org

Maintains a computer donation database of schools, non-profits and individuals needing computers.

The Lazarus Foundation                              www.lazarus.org

Collects old computers and peripherals and provides them to social service organizations, schools and other qualified organizations.

Capital PC Users Group                              www.cpcug.net

Through their Project Reboot accepts computer equipment and donates it to needy organizations and individuals.

If your equipment is not acceptable to one of these organizations, and you live in Montgomery County , you can drop off your old PC or computer related equipment at the County Transfer Station, 16101 Frederick Rd. , Derwood , MD (www.montgomerycountymd.gov/solidwaste.  Click on the link for “Collection Services” and then click on the link for “How do I recycle/dispose of…”).