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RE: The E-Waste Mega Dump of Agbogbloshie
You guys are absolutely crazy, as is your guide to take you there!!!
It's rediculous how many people throw away their computers just because its running too slow on Windows. My hubby is actually running a little project to recycle old computers to run on Linux which will extend their life for much longer. I'm sure he'd love to get his hands on some of those computers!
Crazy it was ... and I never, ever set foot there again. I love the idea to give computers a second chance and as for us we keep all of our laptops and have already a nice collection. Does your hubby have a website or other other presence on the Internetz?
I'm trying to find a decent Windows ME or Windows 98 computer for retro gaming. Kinda saddens me that so many computers that fit my needs are long gone to sites like this.
There is not even a way to prevent it really unless we organize ourselves. People think they're doing something great when they recycle. Even if you would show up at dropping off points where we live, they would not give / sell us any machines. Maybe you should get in touch with @livinguktaiwan hubby.
Apparently even when people recyle their old computers, only a small part of it may really be recycled and reused, most end up in dumps like these polluting the environment.
My hubby says Windows sucks up a lot of resources that why older PCs are so slow. He's repurposed about 6 or 7 to Linux, including his own which is about ten years old. It does it's every day job including watching videos and plaing Candy Crush ^_^ but it won't be fast enough for gaming which he doesn't do anyway.
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He's just doing this through asking friends locally because there's the cost and custom issues of getting people to send him old PCs.
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