PC/TV and Small Electronics Community Recycling Event in Hudson, MA

[Jeff Kinz]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 02:54:18PM -0600, Palit, Nilanjan wrote:
> I don't think they check your mailing address before accepting your hardware :-)
> If you show up with stuff they accept, they'll take it.
> 
> But just to be sure, I checked with the coordinator for the event and this is her response:
> 
> =====
> The event is not restricted to Hudson residents only but to the general public.
> And since your group will be disposing off a significant amount of outdated computer equipment,
> we will however be expecting a generous contribution of $10 or more from your group
> which will be donated to United Way.
> =====

IIRC thats $10 per item, so a desktop system with monitor would be $10
for the tower and $10 for the monitor, == $20	.

Nilanjan, please correct me if I'm wrong.  Last time I did this was a
few years back. 

Jeff Kinz

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> 
> -Nilanjan
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Abreau [mailto:jabr-iwcNaMm7aMIiq3RsQ1AnAw at public.gmane.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:43 PM
> To: Palit, Nilanjan
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> Subject: Re: PC/TV and Small Electronics Community Recycling Event in Hudson, MA
> 
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Palit, Nilanjan
> <nilanjan.palit-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> > PC/TV and Small Electronics Community Recycling Event
> 
> 
> >
> > The collection event is open to residents, small businesses and other
> > organization in the community
> 
> > Intel sponsors an annual PC/TV/electronics recycle event in Hudson
> > (next to Marlborough, for those unfamiliar with MetroWest geography).
> 
> 
> What constitutes the "community"? Is this open to everyone, or is it just
> for Hudson, Hudson and bordering towns, all of Metrowest, ...?
> 
> I live in North Attleboro and work in Westford. My user group meets at MIT
> in Cambridge, and our servers are colocated at a facility in Marlboro.  I've
> got an attic full of old PC junk I'd love to get rid of, but I wouldn't want to
> load up the car and trek all the way up to Hudson, only to be turned away.
> 
> 
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