Chris Rodinis
http://earth911.com/news/2013/04/15/interconnection-laptop-donation/
Our last post was about recycling your laptop. Recycling is usually a worthwhile thing to do. Reusing is even better! One form of reuse is donation.
Donation is the most charitable form of reuse and one of the best ways to make a contribution to people who cannot afford to purchase.
“Ready to retire your aging laptop? InterConnection, a Seattle-based nonprofit, is offering free laptop donation kits to anyone in the U.S.”
“The kits include a CD with data destruction software and a free donation mailing label.”
“InterConnection hopes that their donation program will raise awareness of the importance of charitable reuse and responsible computer recycling.”
“Our focus is charitable computer reuse, not recycling. Recycling is good. Reuse is even better,” the organization says on its website.”
“Computer reuse is twenty times more energy efficient than recycling because it extends the life of a working computer, the group says, citing a report from Computer Use International.”
“InterConnection refurbishes donated computers and then distributes them to schools and organizations around the world.”
“To date, InterConnection has shipped more than 30,000 computers to schools, libraries, community centers and non-governmental organizations in 40 countries.”
“In the U.S., InterConnection has teamed up with tech nonprofit TechSoup to distribute refurbished computers to over 800 non-profits organizations in all 50 states.”
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