Registered Charity Seeking E-Waste Needs Your Help inc ideas and strategies

[Deactivated] on 28/03/2017 - 10:51
Last edited 31/03/2017 - 10:24 by 1 other user

Hi Everyone,

A friend of mine is volunteering for a recently registered Australian charity which supplies IT (computer hardware and training) for disadvantaged children and other groups [currently] in the Sydney area. He has asked for help,

All Green Care allgreencare.org.au is the charity and they need help in the form of donated e-waste ESPECIALLY LAPTOPS, which they can clean up and pass on to those they care for. They receive a small amount of government funding but it is not enough.

Also, does ayone have any ideas or strategies on the best way on how to procure e-waste???
[rather than just starting at A in the phone book or sending out emails which land in junkmail]

Great ideas will receive the heart felt gratitude of many children and adults who currently lack IT in their lives.

Please help with this worthwhile cause.
Cheers,
Adhoc

ps https://www.facebook.com/AllGreenCare

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  sandman87 on 28/03/2017 - 11:00

  +3

  Could be worthwhile contacting the waste management department of your local council. Some councils have e-waste collection services.

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    [Deactivated] on 28/03/2017 - 11:08

    Thanks Sandman, I will pass that on.

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  MercSal on 28/03/2017 - 11:29

  +2

  They would do well by partnering with large companies

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    [Deactivated] on 28/03/2017 - 11:36

    Excellent idea, but how would they do it?
    They are mostly volunteers with no PR dept, so how would they get a large company to 'engage' ?

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      dasher86 on 28/03/2017 - 12:10

      Networking and networking events

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      MercSal on 28/03/2017 - 14:35

      Thats part of it i guess. Much like writing grant applications and the like, it's worthwhile getting someone on board who can do that sort of work.

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  wombok2 on 28/03/2017 - 12:44

  +2

  Approach schools or the company that manages their IT equipment.

  When schools replace their PCS every 3-5 years; it usually goes to a company(for free of course) that destroys the data then get thrown out as part of the IT service they provide to the school.

  When I was working, I always felt so guilty throwing away 100s of Pentium 4 desktop PCs(I know they're a POS but still…) that were in perfect working order. Now days, they're probably throwing away Core 2 Duos or even first gen Core i series.

  These 'bulk' PCS you see listed in Gumtree/ebay/Grays are usually ex government/school PCs that have been disposed of.

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    [Deactivated] on 28/03/2017 - 13:00

    Thanks Wombok, schools added to list.

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    paaj on 29/03/2017 - 15:55

    Same with Universities- they go through a fair few, and they're not always returned back to vendor.

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  try2bhelpful on 28/03/2017 - 12:48

  The problem with laptops is that people are worried about their data being scammed - so even if you get people to donate them they are likely to be minus the hard disk. I think the real problem is a lot of businesses lease their laptops nowdays and then the companies involved, probably, clean them up and send them overseas. I would suggest you go talk to some of the councils and see what is in their ewaste bins. Thank your friend for trying to help people in need.

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    [Deactivated] on 28/03/2017 - 13:01

    Very valid point about data scamming/disposal on hdd.

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  Justinism on 28/03/2017 - 13:05

  Join PC enthusiast groups on facebook or what not. you might be able to get volunteers as well.

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  djones145 on 28/03/2017 - 13:54

  Partner with companies that sell laptops and maybe when they sell they can offer to take old laptops and recycle

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    [Deactivated] on 28/03/2017 - 13:56

    Thanks, great idea.

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  xeion on 28/03/2017 - 14:46

  You could contact companies like www.greenbox.com.au
  They are involved in disposing of ICT equipment from many businesses.

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  [Deactivated] on 30/03/2017 - 10:08

  Thanks everyone for your great ideas, lots of good karma to you :-)