what you should do with your gently used
parts after you're done with them and my
crazy idea for an online dating site
focused around hardware swaps on this
episode of ask Isaacs it
hi it's MJ with iFixit and as you know
we love answering your questions and we
like to pick our favorite ones and
feature them in a short program we call
ask I fix it I love this question so
much I want to marry it so let's just
get right to it an anonymous email err
we will just call him chip wrote in and
asked hi MJ I'm thinking about upgrading
the RAM in my Mac Mini and this brought
to mind a question what do you do with
the old Ram that you're swapping out
when you upgrade it seems really
wasteful to just throw it away I'm
hoping you guys can hit me to some cool
underground rare recycling program
thanks chip this is one of those
questions that's so good I wonder how we
never got it before we're in the
business of helping people upgrade their
stuff so it makes sense that we'd have
some advice on what to do with your
youth stuff when you're done with it and
we definitely have something to say
about properly disposing of your e-waste
so let's get right to it to be honest
I'm a little disappointed that I'm not
aware of some cool underground Ram
recycling program but I do think it's an
opportunity for us to create like an
online dating site like OkCupid but
focused entirely around Hardware swaps
that's something I totally would have
used before I got old and married
personally when I upgrade my RAM or hard
drive or whatever I try to pass off my
used parts on to my friends usually for
free because in the absence of actual
social skills that's how we make and
keep friends sometimes I'll consider
posting it on Craigslist but if you've
ever had encounters with Craigslist
folks you know it can be a little
awkward so if you're sketched out by the
idea of posting on Craigslist you could
use free cycle org or swap dot-com both
of which I hear are very reliable and
we'll link to those down in the
description if you want to give them a
look but listing stuff on the internet
takes effort and if you're not inclined
to delve into the whole world of online
swapping sites and you just want to get
rid of your junk then definitely make
sure you dispose of it in a legitimate
you waste facility not all a waste
facilities are created equally in fact
80% of the stuff that's supposedly being
recycled actually just gets shipped to
developing countries where it gets
picked through oftentimes by children
inhaling toxic fumes from melting down
circuit boards and other parts to get at
the precious metals inside so when
you're picking your us facility make
sure you pick carefully you can find
certified a waste facilities at our two
solutions org and eastwards org both of
which will link to down in the
description of this video also there's
an excellent article on iFixit org that
goes into great detail about a waste
recycling so I definitely recommend you
go in read that so that's my spiel on
Hardware swapping and responsible
disposal of e-waste but my real question
is would you sign up for an online
dating site focused around Hardware
swaps or is that just me you can weigh
in with your opinion in the comments
below
big thanks to chip for his excellent
question who will be getting a super
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