W0LFIE
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The company I work for has loads of G4 macs + loads of other equipment that it no longer requires and is holding in storage. According to those that know the company cannot release this equipment because of the WEEE Directive.
Environment Agency - Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
I asked if I could have or buy one of the macs off them and got a firm NO.
Apparently loads of the staff have asked but also been turned down.
If they sell them to us there's tax implications
If they give them to us there's the need to advertise to all staff and do some sort of fair lottery. This would require man hours that management can ill afford. We can't even give them to schools or charities and it's all down to this bloomin' WEEE Directive I'm told.
So they just sit there gathering dust ad infinitum.
Surely this is not what recycling is about!!!???
I've still to read the detail on the website but in the meantime does anyone found a loop hole whereby I can blag a computer off my employers without them having to jump through legislative hoops to do it.??
Environment Agency - Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
I asked if I could have or buy one of the macs off them and got a firm NO.
Apparently loads of the staff have asked but also been turned down.
If they sell them to us there's tax implications
If they give them to us there's the need to advertise to all staff and do some sort of fair lottery. This would require man hours that management can ill afford. We can't even give them to schools or charities and it's all down to this bloomin' WEEE Directive I'm told.
So they just sit there gathering dust ad infinitum.
Surely this is not what recycling is about!!!???
I've still to read the detail on the website but in the meantime does anyone found a loop hole whereby I can blag a computer off my employers without them having to jump through legislative hoops to do it.??