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So. What's the 'right' (and legal!) thing to do with old electronics?

I have an old 56cm TV (works with VCR but no reception), 2 old VCRs (who cares if they work?), an HP printed that has somehow gravitated to me (might work) and an assortment of stuffed PSUs (not PC - from access stuff) and wiring.
And once I start spring cleaning more is sure to surface.

Wouldn't like to dump it at the local landfill, so - any advice?
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Strip it all out and take all the copper and aluminium you can.

Go to a scrap yard and sell it off as scrap metal.
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Good idea except that the amount of metal I'd recover wouldn't pay for my time and I'd still be left with the waste.
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send it to china.

it's the right thing to do.
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Hmmm, not a bad idea...


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I just put my old stuff out along side recycling.
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Electronic scrap + Pratley putty = Art.
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StarBound wrote:I just put my old stuff out along side recycling.
Novel thought. You might be onto something there...

Thanks. :thumbup:
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http://www.ewasa.org/

http://www.ewaste.co.za/

http://www.recycling.co.za/e-waste.htm

Visit one of those horrendous websites, maybe they have a answer? I honestly did not read them and just pulled them from a Google search and they were the top 3 results...
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Thanks Anakha.

This works:

http://www.ewasa.org/recycling/gauteng/recyclers.html
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Dump it in the river!

Otherwise, I believe Incredible Connection takes electronic waste, sometimes you even get discount on new items.
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