The Nonprofit FAQ

Are there organizations that help with donated equipment?

TechSoup has a page with comprehensive information on recycling and reuse of electronic computers at its website. See: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/hardware/page4788.cfm If you are looking for an organization that will take an old computer off your hands and try to put it, or parts of it, to further use (called a refurbisher), one place to look is the Microsoft list at https://www.msregrefurb.com/RRPSite/OnlineDirectory.aspx If you are looking for donated or low-cost refurbished equipment, you can search this list to identify sources that provide equipment in many countries around the world. Charlie DiBella (its founder) wrote about the Nonprofit Recycling Network in August 2010 to update the information about that organization that had been in the Nonprofit FAQ since 1995! The Nonprofit Recycling Network is focused on the productive transfer and reuse of office and school equipment, providing a convenient, secure, and easy to use means of exchange for donors, nonprofit groups, and others. We're here for schools, churches, learning and activity centers, teachers, counselors, technicians, community leaders and organizers who hold interests in reusing office and school technology, making it easy to keep good, used technology out of the waste stream while putting it back into service where it can help the most. Browse our website for details - http://www.recycles.org There is also an online discussion list, also started by Charlie DiBella, at http://groups.google.com/group/NPXN ReBOOT offers similar services in Canada: http://www.rebootcanada.ca/ Page completely revised August 26, 2010. --PB