cctech Digest, Vol 78, Issue 3

[Tony Duell]

> 
> On 7 Feb 2010 at 13:37, Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
> > > THat however, is secondary to
> > > the fact that we have a WEEE direcrtive that means we have to
> > > recycle electronic equipment and not throw it in the skip/dumpster.
> > > And I have _never_ seen a PC in a skip/dumpster in London (and I am
> > > certainly not going to trespass on various company sites to see if I
> > > can steal one).
> > 
> >    I would. :)  But I see PeeCees on the curb quite often.
> 
> I don't imagine that the UK has any sort of computer reuse/donation 
> organizations, either.  So the moment you quit using a PC, the police 

Charity shops (the equivalent of thrift stores) don't normally accept and 
sell mains-powered electrical devies, because there's another silly law 
that sats that all electrical devices sold in that way have to be 
safety-tested by a suitable elecrrician. _Occasionally_ the shops break 
that rule (which is how I got my Amiga 500) or sell wall-wart powered 
devices without the PSU (I got a nice Acorn Atom that way). 

> show up on your doorstep to make sure that you won't give/sell the

As far as I know there's nothing to stop people giving or selling PCs to 
friends.. But my friends never seem to have old PCs...
 
> system to anyone else?  As far as I know, the UK only requires that a 
> PC be licensed if it's used to view television content.  Or has that 
> changed?  And how can they tell?

That has nothing to do with it.

> 
> The system that I'm typing this on was gained via the local Freecycle 
> network.  Originally it came in a 4U rackmount case, but that's been 
> repurposed for a different ssystem.

We do have freecycle over here, but I've never seen any desirable 
computer stuff listed on it locally.

-tony