Recycling your old Mac
19/07/07 15:19
Apple Ireland runs a scheme for recycling old Mac equipment...
Apple Ireland currently run a free scheme to allow for the recycling of old equipment for customers who have purchased a new Apple product.
The service is available only to those customers who have bought something from the Apple online store in Ireland, or using the telesales service. The scheme is also based on a 'like for like' exchange, so that buying a laptop doesn't become an opportunity to clear several generations of desk-top computers out of your attic!
What it does mean, however, is that if you buy a piece of Apple equipment from Apple Ireland, they will take charge of recycling your old Apple equipment (no Dells or Hewlett Packards please!). The customer contacts Apple and makes a request for the equipment that is ready for recycling to be picked up. Apple send a confirmation email detailing the time and date for the pick-up.
The customer is then responsible for packaging the equipment for recycling themselves, and Apple have certain guidelines on size and labelling. Customers must also make sure that they have fully cleared their old hard drives (where applicable). Apple take no responsibility for any private information that isn't cleared, or indeed for any equipment that ends up in the recycling box by mistake! Once their courier picks it up there is no return - even if you didn't mean to recycle your perfectly good 30-inch Cinema Display.
More information on this welcome and helpful service is available on the Apple website.
Apple Ireland currently run a free scheme to allow for the recycling of old equipment for customers who have purchased a new Apple product.
The service is available only to those customers who have bought something from the Apple online store in Ireland, or using the telesales service. The scheme is also based on a 'like for like' exchange, so that buying a laptop doesn't become an opportunity to clear several generations of desk-top computers out of your attic!
What it does mean, however, is that if you buy a piece of Apple equipment from Apple Ireland, they will take charge of recycling your old Apple equipment (no Dells or Hewlett Packards please!). The customer contacts Apple and makes a request for the equipment that is ready for recycling to be picked up. Apple send a confirmation email detailing the time and date for the pick-up.
The customer is then responsible for packaging the equipment for recycling themselves, and Apple have certain guidelines on size and labelling. Customers must also make sure that they have fully cleared their old hard drives (where applicable). Apple take no responsibility for any private information that isn't cleared, or indeed for any equipment that ends up in the recycling box by mistake! Once their courier picks it up there is no return - even if you didn't mean to recycle your perfectly good 30-inch Cinema Display.
More information on this welcome and helpful service is available on the Apple website.
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