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Originally Posted by Scott McD
I saw on the news the other night how people in the UK who had finished with their comps, and had intened on them being recyled, actually found out that their old comps were being shipped to Nigeria, and being sold for around £15 per hard drive, and all their information was being used ie : bank details and so on.
I smash mine to pieces...
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Yep, this is very true. Our county always has these recycle "hazardious and electronic waste" drives where they take this old stuff for free, people drop off cell phones and everything else. Most people think this stuff is being actually recycled, what they dont know is that the county has a contract with a "disposal vendor" who does no such thing, they turn around and resell this stuff wholesale and also on eBay and stuff.