[ale] HDD Disposal/Recyling near Sandy Springs?

Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet.org
Sun Jan 24 12:09:41 EST 2021


On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:58:52AM -0500, Derek Atkins via Ale wrote:
> Due to their age (over 45000 hours power-on, over 5 years since purchase)
> they are most likely out of warranty.  But I don't want to just toss them
> in the trash if there is a more environmentally friendly way to dispose of
> them.

Well, it's more the "mentally" friendly than "environmentally" but I'm a 
strong proponent of disposing of hard drives by means of a few 
30-ish-caliber holes.

Or just disassemble them and turn the platters into (very) shiny 
windchimes...

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy			      pizza at shaftnet dot org (email&xmpp)
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High Springs, FL                      speachy (freenode)
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