[129230] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Recycling old cabling?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adcock, Matt [HISNA])
Mon Aug 30 10:29:55 2010
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:28:02 -0700
From: "Adcock, Matt [HISNA]" <MAdcock@hisna.com>
To: "Patrik Wallstrom" <pawal@blipp.com>,
<nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Assumption: Construction guys are present.
1. Dump cable in large pile on the floor
2. Yell "Does anybody want this copper?"
3. Use broom to fend of multiple takers
4. Tell the guy who wants it that he can have it as long as he hauls it awa=
y
Not that I've ever done this of course...
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From: Patrik Wallstrom [mailto:pawal@blipp.com]
Sent: Thu 8/19/2010 10:12 AM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Recycling old cabling?
On Aug 18, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, khatfield@socllc.net wrote:
>
>> More companies recycle and properly dispose of equipment than they did te=
n years ago. Yet, if they aren't being looked at to be "green" or something =
along those lines then many choose the cheapest route (the dumpster).
>
> The amazing thing is sometimes they will pay to have it trashed instead of=
the option of a recycler/reseller coming around and picking it up at no cos=
t.
>
> As you said, it's just one of those things.
The cables might still have some ultra-secret bits in them.
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