renewing technology for those who need it
Renew Tech accepts donations in numerous formats. We accept equipment, volunteer time, and cash; as well as items off of our wish list. If you are unsure if your donation is right for our organization, please feel free to contact us.
Preparing your donation for drop-off:
Recycling computers is labor intensive. Doing any of the following to prepare your equipment for donation will help us speed the processing and recycling of your equipment.
- Untangle all cords and cables. Coil them up with a rubber band or twist tie.
- Attach power adapters (AC adaptors, transformers) to their associated equipment (such as powered speakers, printers or external modems) as best you can, we suggest wrapping with clear packing tape.
Recycling software and manuals:
Please limit any manuals that you bring to us. The paper and cardboard packaging can be recycled in your mixed paper curb-side recycling bin. The portion that cannot be recycled through your curbside program can be brought to Renew Tech, such as the floppy diskettes, CDs and jewel cases. If you have the manuals for specific pieces of hardware that will be donated (i.e. motherboards), please bring them with the equipment.
We do not recycle Styrofoam.
Specific Computer Equipment Needs:
- ∴ Computers 1.5 Ghz and up
- ∴ Memory (DDR and RAMBUS)
- ∴ Hard drives (30 GB and larger)
- ∴ Wireless cards for laptops and desktops
- ∴ long runs of CAT5 network cable
- ∴ Inkjet cartridges