It's often cheaper and more convenient to buy a new PC than to upgrade an old one. But what happens to those old computers once they've been abandoned for newer models? If a computer is working, then it's still useful, right?

As a 501(c) 3, the Surplus Exchange offers gift-in-kind receipts to businesses and individuals who donate items for reuse.

To qualify as a gift-in-kind donation an item must be usable and have value. Broken desks, tables missing a leg, furniture missing casters or drawers, can not be considered donations. Also any end-of-life electronics can not be considered a donation. We will be happy to recycle your e-waste, but can not, at this time, give you a tax credit for doing so.

Improper disposal of old electronics harms groundwater and endangers people.

By Bob Akers

We often retire old computers to a closet or storeroom, while old copiers are pushed aside and buried under other unwanted items. Sadly, these old electronics usually find their way to a dumpster and then to area landfills eventually. Most people are unaware that recycling exists in our community for unwanted electronics, also known as eWaste. Only 11 percent of American electronics are properly recycled.