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   Meko #nowar (yura@udongein.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 17:53:55 JST Meko #nowar
   I have a question for EU citizens.
   
   What do European people do with old laptops and computers? Do they send them to some recycling centers or exchanche for a discount when buying a new laptop?
   
   Same question for business computers.
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     eal (eal@post.ebin.club)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 17:53:53 JST eal

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     @yura yeah, electronics sellers are required to take old devices in for recycling, and you can also take them to recycling centers. my first computer was 0€, made with scavenged parts from one of those recycling centers, my dad installed fedora linux on it
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 17:54:27 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @yura business computers are often sold to resellers who sell them on websites and eBay. Private computers are hoarded because it’s annoying to throw away.
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     Kirino Kousaka (kirino@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 18:16:04 JST Kirino Kousaka

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     • on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

     Can confirm, my work just gave me a server once because they knew I was working on hosting a website and they were like "We've got this old machine we don't use".

     It's annoying to throw tech away when it's so cumbersome so it just gets traded down.

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