[Noisebridge-discuss] New donations/e-waste

[Will Sargent]

That's the idea, yes.  I can't commit to it long term, but I think that
after the initial rush it should settle down and we can do bi-weekly or
monthly runs instead of weekly.

Will.

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:

> Will, are you volunteering to make a dump/recycling run weekly?  Or get
> a service to do so?  That would be SO AWESOME.  I can totally commit to
> labelling some ... items ... and placing them in the elevator room.
>
> Rachel
>
> Will Sargent wrote:
> > Sweet.  That takes care of at least some of the electronics.
> >
> > I have access to a truck, so at this point it's a question of
> > determining what needs to be labeled.
> >
> > Here's the proposal:
> >
> >  * Labels, instructions and a marker will provided to the trash room.
> >  * Stuff in the trash room gets clearly labeled with a "remove on" date.
> >  * Any special instructions should be also written on a label.
> >  * Anything that is there on or after the date labeled, gets taken to
> > the dump, or to e-waste.
> >  * Pick up will start 3 pm Sunday and continue on a weekly basis until
> > demand slacks off.
> >  * Whoever takes out the trash will be reimbursed by Noisebridge for
> > city dump costs.
> >  * If you don't want it to be trashed, take the label off and take it
> > out of the trash room.
> >  * Stuff found without a label will be NOT be trashed, and taken out of
> > the trash room.
> >
> > Will.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Kelly <hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com
> > <mailto:hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     http://www.sunsetscavenger.com/universalWaste.htm
> >
> >     I haven't seen any official documentation of this CRT donation issue.
> >     That's one of the waste disposal issues I'm hoping we can pin down to
> >     better streamline getting junk out of NB.
> >
> >     -Kelly
> >
> >     On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 17:52, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org
> >     <mailto:adi at hexapodia.org>> wrote:
> >     > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 05:38:18PM -0800, Simon C. Ion wrote:
> >     >> On 02/20/2011 04:04 PM, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> >     >> > If they want a receipt, the following process works:
> >     >> >  - they bring in the stuff
> >     >> >  - a NB volunteer writes down what they donated, and the
> >     name+address of
> >     >> >    the donor, and emails it to treasurer@
> >     >> >  - our awesome treasurer emails them a PDF receipt
> >     >>
> >     >> Sweet. This is now documented at noisebridge.net/wiki/Donation
> >     <http://noisebridge.net/wiki/Donation>
> >     >
> >     > Thanks!  We should also document a few other things:
> >     >
> >     > 1. we can't accept donations of CRTs unless they're very
> >     >   special-purpose, because e-waste disposal of CRTs is very
> expensive
> >     >   in California.  The exception is for unique devices, for example
> the
> >     >   slow-scan CRT in the SEM or the vector CRT in an old arcade
> stand-up
> >     >   console.  IMHO a special-purpose but uninteresting CRT, like from
> a
> >     >   commercial security system, would not qualify.
> >     >
> >     > 2. we can't provide valuation information, the receipt will simply
> >     list
> >     >   the items donated and it's up to the donor to provide a value if
> >     they
> >     >   wish to claim a charitable donation for tax purposes.
> >     >
> >     > I'll put those on the wiki unless somebody else beats me to it...
> >     >
> >     > -andy
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