Computer Disposal Procedure

1)  Users will evaluate old computer hardware and use proper labels from AT web site http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/at/RecyclePol.html   

2) Facilities will pick up Beige bulky monitors and broken printers from the user and deliver to Purchasing. 

• Beige monitors will go directly to Leaf Bin. 
• Purchasing may hold some printers to use for replacement parts. 
• Purchasing will remove toners before printers are moved to “trash”. 

3) Facilities staff will pick up other labeled items from the user and deliver as follows:

• Black bulky monitors to Room 200 Lehman on the south end of second floor of the Library. AT staff will evaluate and re-distribute. 
• Working printers to the Lehman Computer Center. AT staff will evaluate and re-distribute. 

4) As new computers are installed, AT staff will pick up CPUs and Flat Screen monitors for evaluation and re-distribution on campus.

5) AT will pick up all CPUs and Flat Screen monitors directly from the user.

6) AT will review all old hardware. 

• Some items will be used on campus. 
• The remaining, stripped CPUs and dead printers will be declared “trash”.
• For these items, AT will:
  •  send an email to Purchasing (copy to Help) once a week listing:
    • brand, model and serial number (tag number for Dells)
    • original department
  • place black label on these machines to indicate email sent to Purchasing
• The units will be picked up by Facilities every Friday and delivered to the Leaf Bin for disposal.
  • AT wil send a 

Agreement at Meeting on November 7, 2005 to review Computer Disposal Procedures
Julio, Robin, Doug, Andrew, MET 

Point 5 clarified 12/2/05

Link to page of forms: http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/at/RecyclePol.html 

Text for email to Purchasing:

Text for email to Facilities:

last update 02/15/06