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If you ever wondered what the inside of your computer monitor looks like, here you go. I'm trying to get into micro-scrapping, so the PCB is the most interesting part to me. I think e-waste is still a huge issue, so I'm going to be trying to find some second hand stores that can't sell their old electronics for good deals. Anyone have any other recommendations for the best way to acquire small amounts of high value e-waste that would be sent to a landfill in the Chicago area?

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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This got deleted on https://lemmy.world/c/technology because the moderators are shitheads. Lemmy is slowly becoming a lot like Reddit, where the main subreddits are gatekept shitholes with only prescribed post types.

[–] slate@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, the entire point of communities/subreddits is to only allow prescribed post types. One of the problems with reddit is that the major subs don't apply that rule harshly enough and now every major sub is just the same as the next with spammed karma farming bs that has nothing to do with the subreddit it's posted in.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In OPS defense, I don't see anything in the rules there that this would violate

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
  1. Follow the lemmy world rules.
  2. ο»Ώο»Ώο»ΏOnly tech related news or articles.

Not news or an article πŸ™ƒ

An electronics or repair focused community would be a more appropriate fit

[–] taxon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What do you intend to do with the scrapped parts?

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Micro scrap, sort, and store the pieces. To serve as a basis for finding more e-waste and doing the same process. In the future, if I accumulate enough, then I'll find someone to buy the sorted parts.

[–] taxon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

In my city there are a few auction houses that occasionally work with school/government IT to auction off old hardware. For instance, there's often whole pallets of old/broken monitors in lots that go for a few dollars.