Places to Donate Used Electronics

 
The technology department often gets asked how to donate or recycle computers or other electronic equipment. We have listed below some area agencies that will take your old equipment.


Cell Phones

Call to Protect http://www.wirelessfoundation.org, 202-785-0081. Mail old phones to Call to Protect, c/o Motorola, 1580 E. Ellsworth Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48108. Provides old phones to domestic-violence victims. Accepts all phones, working or otherwise, with a battery and charger.

CollectiveGood http://www.collectivegood.org, 770-856-9021. Mail old phones to CollectiveGood International, 4551 NW 44th Ave., Ocala, Fla. 34482. Refurbishes old phones for resale at a discount in developing countries, with profits channeled to the charity of your choice. Accepts most makes and models, except car-installed phones.

Hopeline http://www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline, 800-426-2790. Mail phones to HopeLine Program, c/o Verizon Wireless, 1776 E. Ellsworth Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48108. Verizon Wireless program provides old phones to domestic-violence victims.

Computers

Keep It Green is a DC-area computer recycling service that accepts all types and conditions of computer hardware, cables, mouse and related accessories. For information on their collection locations and how you and/or your company can work with Keep It Green, please visit their website at http://www.keepitgreen.org/html/collections.htm

Computer Reclamation Inc. comprec@tnt.org 301-495-0280. Computer drop-off at 912 Thayer Ave., Suite 210, Silver Spring. Provides computers and related equipment to nonprofit organizations in the metro Washington area. $25 donation per computer requested.

Washington Apple Pi http://www.wap.org takes used Apple Macintosh computers.

Dell/National Cristina Foundation http://www.cristina.org 203-863-9100. Refurbishes 486 and newer PCs and Performa and newer Macs. System must have hard drive, monitor, keyboard and mouse, plus licenses for any installed software.

Goodwill http://www.dcgoodwill.org 202-636-4225. Computer drop-off at 2200 South Dakota Ave. NE, Washington; accepts working PCs five years old or less.

Lazarus Foundation http://www.lazarus.org 410-740-0735. Columbia-based nonprofit refurbishes Pentium II-class and faster computers.

Subtractions http://www.subtractions.net, 301-924-0605. Computer drop-off at 10630 Riggs Hill Rd., Unit V, Jessup; call first. Recycles PCs, displays and televisions; monitors and TVs incur a $5 and up handling charge, depending on size.


This list was compiled by Sacha Cohen and appeared in The Washington Post, Sunday, March 24, 2002; Page H07