If you're thinking of buying a new computer for the new semester, here's a great chance to donate your old one to a good cause. And keep those heavy metals from polluting the local municipal dump.
Until September 19, the NCSU Libraries will be teaming up with the Kramden Institute to ensure that older computer gear finds a new home with a student who might otherwise not be able to afford what most of us take for granted ”a good machine to get the school work done on.
Kramden Institute Inc. is a not-for-profit charitable institution based in Durham that is dedicated to empowering hardworking, economically-disadvantaged students to bridge the digital divide and advance their academic and personal achievements by awarding them home computers. This is achieved by collecting donated computers to refurbish and reuse. Remember, as of July 1 it's illegal to put computers in the trash in North Carolina.
Just drop your donations at the main Circulation Desk at D. H. Hill Jr. Library and we'll take care of the rest.
Items that can be recycled
Used computer equipment that we will donate to the students Kramden serves
Computer equipment and supplies we will resale to help fund our efforts
If you have older equipment you don't know how to dispose of properly
To provide NC residents with a location to recycle computer equipment, Kramden will also accept the following, when accompanied by a donation of at least $10 per item to cover Kramden's expenses and to help support its programs.
The following equipment is not used for Kramden's programs but will be responsibly recycled: