We get asked this a lot — “what do I do with my old computer equipment?”

Dell Computers, in a partnership with Goodwill Industries, will take your old stuff. They take what you drop off and recycle or resell, whatever fits. Old computers, printers, monitors, whatever.

The Goodwill Industries in northern Michigan are participating. This is a very nice deal for us up here the great north.

Here is the link describing the “Reconnect Partnership”

This link shows participating northern Michigan Goodwill Industries

Remember, before you dispose of your computer and/or hard drive, “shred” the data! Formatting the hard drive is not sufficient — data is very easily recoverable if you merely format (not to mention, just delete) data from your hard drive.

Here is a good how-to link on how to “shred” your hard drive