Always recycle. Yeah right

We've had a spending spree at TredzTalk this week. Our generous proprietors have taken pity on our eyes and the office karma by upgrading our screens. A credit card was located (legally of course), eBuyer was logged into and flat screens arrived aplenty.

Now I wouldn't say I'm the greenest of citizens but it is 2006 and I/we are aware of environmental responsibilities. Imagine how we reacted when no-one would take these screens off our hands. Not a recycler, not a charity, not a foreign aid organisation (PCs to 3rd World etc) and not even the council. We made 10+ calls to 6+ organisations. None offered a solution, all said scrap them.

Increasing popularity of flat screens and the short life-span of PCs in general (as they tend to be upgraded every few years and the old becomes redundant) must make this a larger problem then our dozen or so VDUs. I'm sure that fridges pose a larger threat to our environment, but surely there's a better home for unloved PCs and monitors than our skip?