TLUG and government grants

[William Park]

On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 07:55:31PM -0500, Meng Cheah wrote:
> William Park wrote:
> >Today's Toronto Star has an article about computer recycling project
> >which got $200k from Ontario Trillium foundation.
> >
> >Recent threads on "recycling" and "geek gift", gives all of us some food
> >for thought.  For those of you who have more vested interested in this
> >kind of things, perhaps, you may want to start something under GTALUG
> >Inc.  You have my support at the board. :-)
> 
> I'm curious. How does this work?
> What do they do with the stuff they cannot re-use?

I have no idea.  That's why I said "those with more vested interest".
:-)  You really have to know the ins/outs of Gov grants.  You don't care
about computers.  You care only about Gov grants.  The computers are
just pretext.

> 
> The Toronto Solid Waste Drop-off Depots accept old computers too.
> What does the City of Toronto do with the old computers?
> 
> From the article in The Star, since August 2004, they have diverted 10
> tonnes from the landfills and given out 50 computers.

Yes, math don't add up.  But, neither does Ontario Trillium which, by
its mandate, gives away $100Million every year.  

> 
> Does Toronto dispose of the computers in landfills, here or south?
> Or ship them to China for recycling?

Now, that's racist statement, Meng.  Why on earth do they don't with our
old junk, when all the new hardwares are now made in China?  

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