Michael J. Mahon wrote:
The money they get from reselling pays for the program, so they don't want to lose profit, even if they aren't likely to get much gold from that old computer or whatever that they can't see any other value in.It can't be more than $0.02/pound. ;-(For that matter, people may be more likely to donate rather than toss if they know it's for a good purpose, rather than it landing in the hands of "Johnny" passing by who finds it in their garbage.Yes--they implicitly prefer "recycling" to "reuse"--a curiously un-green position.
The last "Grand Recycle" event we had was hosted by the local Apple store. It opened at 8:30 am. By 9:00am, there was a line of cars over 3/4 mile long waiting to drive through - all idling their engines :-). Talk about a non-sequitor.
After only 30 minutes, they had amassed a wall of gear perhaps 50-feet long, 5 feet high and 5-6 feet deep. It was coming at such a high rate, and being thrown in waiting tractor-trailers at such a high rate, that a collector wouldn't have stood a chance. Really depressing to think about the amount of classic gear that must have passed through.
Frankly, I didn't even bother asking about poking around. Steve