> TTE used to take back things that they can sell for cheap Yes, they recycle or resell electronics. All sorts of stuff. And if you are installing Linux on a budget you can get a core2 duo or similar PC for $100 - $200. Some servers are for sale too. Or a Playbook 32 anyone? On January 10, 2016 12:00:01 PM EST, linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca wrote: >Send Linux mailing list submissions to > linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > >You can reach the person managing the list at > linux-owner [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Linux digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: place in ottawa to take old laptops for recycling? > (Rob Echlin) > 2. Re: place in ottawa to take old laptops for recycling? > (Roland Renaud) > 3. Re: place in ottawa to take old laptops for recycling? > (Rob Echlin) > 4. Re: place in ottawa to take old laptops for recycling? > (Rob Echlin) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 19:38:18 +0000 (UTC) >From: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> >To: Roland Renaud <2rjrenaud [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>, "Robert P. J. Day" > <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> >Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] place in ottawa to take old laptops for > recycling? >Message-ID: > <1781468399 [ dot ] 2687412 [ dot ] 1452368298900 [ dot ] JavaMail [ dot ] yahoo [ at ] mail [ dot ] yahoo [ dot ] com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >HiTTE used to take back things that they can sell for cheap, which they >dealt with in a separate store area 3 units down.Maybe they still >do?Are they are an official e-waste recycling center? >If you don't want to go all the way to Bells Corners, the Salvation >Army takes e-waste.If I was going to be at the meeting, I would take it >for my Scout troop, which also collects e-waste and metal for >recycling.They take old lawn mowers, fridges, hunks of molded aluminum >from cars, especially from this scouting area. But I don't even have a >car to take such stuff home, and I won't be at the meetings this year. > >All my very best,Rob?-- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 -? Ottawa, >ONhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_echlin/ - >http://talksoftware.wordpress.com > >On Saturday, January 9, 2016 7:47 AM, Roland Renaud ><2rjrenaud [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > > > > There are probably a few places. > >http://tter.ca/ is one of them. > >? ? Bells Corners >? ? 6 Bexley Place, Unit 107, Ottawa ON? K2H 8W2 (map) >? ? 613-596-0310 > >roland > >On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 6:55 AM, Robert P. J. Day ><rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: >> >>? i have a couple ancient laptops that have zero value so is there >> somewhere in town that will take such things and basically strip them >> down and try to recover anything of value, like melting it down for >> metal? >> >> rday >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux mailing list >> Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >_______________________________________________ >Linux mailing list >Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 14:45:39 -0500 >From: Roland Renaud <2rjrenaud [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> >To: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> >Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] place in ottawa to take old laptops for > recycling? >Message-ID: > <CANNnxVJ0L+F=TesgAoy1rtZmKuvXwZAAa0qthPTuW=7V6-+C-A [ at ] mail [ dot ] gmail [ dot ] com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Rob Echlin writes: >| TTE used to take back things that they can sell for cheap, which they >| dealt with in a separate store area 3 units down. >| Maybe they still do? >| Are they are an official e-waste recycling center? > >Yes, the "separate store" is http://TTER.ca. > >roland > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 04:44:50 +0000 (UTC) >From: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> >To: Roland Renaud <2rjrenaud [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> >Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] place in ottawa to take old laptops for > recycling? >Message-ID: > <2019685721 [ dot ] 2844891 [ dot ] 1452401090379 [ dot ] JavaMail [ dot ] yahoo [ at ] mail [ dot ] yahoo [ dot ] com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Thanks Roland, >The "separate store" I was referring to is the "physical" store they >used to have, in space now used by a musical instrument place - Fleet >Pro Sound. I mean they expanded into it. I think they have been in that >location for 10 or 15 years. >Thanks for pointing out that site, TTER.ca, I didn't know about it. >All my very best, >Rob >?-- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 -? Ottawa, >ONhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_echlin/ - >http://talksoftware.wordpress.com > >On Saturday, January 9, 2016 2:45 PM, Roland Renaud ><2rjrenaud [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > > > > Rob Echlin writes: >| TTE used to take back things that they can sell for cheap, which they >| dealt with in a separate store area 3 units down. >| Maybe they still do? >| Are they are an official e-waste recycling center? > >Yes, the "separate store" is http://TTER.ca. > >roland > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 13:46:52 +0000 (UTC) >From: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> >To: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca>, Roland Renaud <2rjrenaud [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> >Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] place in ottawa to take old laptops for > recycling? >Message-ID: > <1380489707 [ dot ] 2867663 [ dot ] 1452433612871 [ dot ] JavaMail [ dot ] yahoo [ at ] mail [ dot ] yahoo [ dot ] com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Oh. >Wow. >Sorry for the repeated mailout.There it was in my drafts, and I >thought, "Oh. Must not have sent it, or it didn't work."I'm not blaming >Yahoo Mail, I should have checked. >My apologies for snow falls of email. >All my very best,Rob >?-- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 -? Ottawa, >ONhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_echlin/ - >http://talksoftware.wordpress.com > > On Sunday, January 10, 2016 5:10 AM, Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > > > Thanks Roland, >The "separate store" I was referring to is the "physical" store they >used to have, in space now used by a musical instrument place - Fleet >Pro Sound. I mean they expanded into it. I think they have been in that >location for 10 or 15 years. >Thanks for pointing out that site, TTER.ca, I didn't know about it. >All my very best, >Rob >?-- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 -? Ottawa, >ONhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_echlin/ - >http://talksoftware.wordpress.com > >? ? On Saturday, January 9, 2016 2:45 PM, Roland Renaud ><2rjrenaud [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > > > > Rob Echlin writes: >| TTE used to take back things that they can sell for cheap, which they >| dealt with in a separate store area 3 units down. >| Maybe they still do? >| Are they are an official e-waste recycling center? > >Yes, the "separate store" is http://TTER.ca. > >roland > > > >? >_______________________________________________ >Linux mailing list >Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Subject: Digest Footer > >_______________________________________________ >Linux mailing list >Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > >------------------------------ > >End of Linux Digest, Vol 133, Issue 7 >************************************* -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.