The Intermediate Processing Facility at Tilson Farm is about half full of old computers and other ancient equipment that is either looking for a home, waiting to be demanufactured, or waiting to be hauled away. Electronics Processing Associ ates won the contract for the scrap and precious metals. In western Massachusetts, the UMass facility is where the action is when it comes to demanufacturing electronic components. Although most of the material comes from the University, Electronics Demanufacturing does take in materials, for a fee, from other colleges, businesses, etc. So far, they've done business with the Post Office, Smith College, and Kollmorgan among others.
Monitors cost so much because they have lead in the screens.
When a department has computer equipment to dispose of, it notifies the Property Office, which checks to see if the equipment can be reused. If the equipment needs work, OIT's Hardware Maintenance fixes it up. A department can contract with a company called Quality Image to refill cartridges. The University this summer was seeking bids for a buy-back contract for other exhausted toner cartridges. Call Amy Baranowski at 5-0618, extension 1.