# Monitor recycling/donation **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331 "2009-05-13T19:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331/1 "2009-05-13T19:56:34Z")
Help please. I have SEVEN monitors that I want to get out of my office. I don’t have a lot of time to spend on it. Options: 1. Ship them back to Dell, who will give us credit. This is the best option. Problems? I simply cannot find any boxes big enough for less than $40. We will only be getting $25 back from Dell per monitor and I m not paying them more than I get. They do not have any boxes. 2. Donate them. I can do this, but who takes monitors? They are 15" monitors, and they are the old, bulky kinds. 3. Recycle them. Again, who do I go to? We simply can’t afford to pay a lot - we’re a not for profit. Any help would be mucho appreciated. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331/2 "2009-05-13T20:29:12Z")
Goodwill Industries take monitors around here. Call them up. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331/3 "2009-05-13T20:31:02Z")
Goodwill takes computers. Around here, they even have a store dedicated to selling computers and computer parts. Look here for recycling options: [Computer Disposal, Donation, and Recycling Information](http://www.computerhope.com/disposal.htm#51) There’s also freecycle and craigslist. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331/4 "2009-05-13T20:57:05Z")
Call up Office Depot and see if they will waive their fee for you. A church I attended that was near the Office Depot would waive the recycling fee for all the monitors that people would donate to the church. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331/5 "2009-05-13T21:58:35Z")
[Staples will take your old Dell monitors for free](http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/ecoeasy/index2.html). For other brands… Around here, there are dedicated e-waste dropoff locations and semi-regular dropoff events at the community college parking lot, which make it free and easy to get rid of old electronics. There’s a good chance that similar programs exist in your area. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331/6 "2009-05-14T02:50:31Z")
Check with local schools or community groups. The high school I coach at just finished an e-waste recycling drive to raise money for the track team. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331/7 "2009-05-14T13:07:01Z")
Thank you! Five of the monitors are Dell, so I can take them to Staples. I’ll find out about that. And that just leaves me with the two, which is much easier. Thank you everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-recycling-donation/496331/8 "2009-05-14T16:29:04Z")
I think we are in a similar area, so probably there are “town recycling days” that you could probably offload a few monitors too, you’d just have to keep an eye on the pennysavers and town notices.