throw away (was "Re: Datacenter tools?")

Wed Jun 9 17:10:39 PDT 2004

 > I think it's our responsibility, as the ones who replace the
 > failed components, to do our level best to get this
 > stuff recycled.  So, if your data center doesn't have a special
 > "tech bin" (mine doesn't), educate them & ask for one--and
 > cart the stuff back to your office for BFI to pick up there in
 > the meantime.  Please.

An acquaintance of mine runs a junkyard.   His real money maker
is old electronics.  He sells to them in bulk to Chinese firms which
extract the precious metals.  As he says, "A little bit of junk is just
crap.   A whole lot of junk is money."

-jeff