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Out With The Old

You can't just throw your old PCs away-for one thing, they contain harmful chemicals. So how do you get rid of them?

By Mike Hogan

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Old PCs don't die, and they don't fade away, either. Theaverage PC will run almost forever, and the harmful chemicalsinside it will survive in your local landfill for even longer.

How many long-lived-but-obsolete computers is your companymoving around among staffers? There's definitely a point ofdiminishing returns in holding on to PCs past their prime, as wellas hidden costs in just about any disposal method you choose. Infact, in some cases, it may cost you more to move PCs downthe corporate ladder than it would to just purchase cheap newmachines every few years. But either way, sooner or later,you'll have to get rid of old PCs. So how do you do it?

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