Title: How Should I Dispose of my Old Computer? (with pictures)
Headings: How Should I Dispose of my Old Computer? (with pictures)
How Should I Dispose of my Old Computer? (with pictures)
Mary McMahon
Mary McMahon
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Content: The first thing you should do is wipe your hard drive, ensuring that no personal data is stored on your computer. Next, you should contact the manufacturer. In many nations, electronics manufacturers are required to take back old products and recycle them, and they may be subject to oversight from third party organizations to ensure that this recycling is properly performed. In fact, you may have paid a recycling fee for this very purpose when you purchased your computer; the manufacturer may send you a postage paid container to send your computer back in. Personal data should be wiped from a computer's hard drive before disposing of it. If the manufacturer does not offer recycling, you can approach a local charity to see if the equipment is usable. Make sure to ask the charity about what it does with computers it doesn't want anymore, to ensure that it will be ethically handled. You can also contact your local waste management company or the city in which you live to find out about e-waste recycling days, during which crews will collect unwanted electronics for proper recycling. Ask about the firms they recycle with and the practices they use to ensure that your old computer will be disposed of properly.