Recycle Old Hard Disk Drives
Jul 26, 2023 16:58:47 GMT
Post by Rob on Jul 26, 2023 16:58:47 GMT
Just wondering what you'd do with old/unwanted hard disk drives. I have quite a few from old PCs and anything up to 250GB doesn't seem much point in keeping. I am not worried about data on them - they are wiped.
But if I drop them into the 'small appliances' bin at the recycling centre then they probably won't do anything to recycle the metals. I had thought of taking them apart so the aluminium is separated. But the hidden '7th' screw on the top of a few drives is hard to locate under the sticker. And what to do with the strong magnets from inside?
I can't see much of a re-use of such small drives. And 3 of them are EIDE and not even SATA.
I will probably keep the two 1TB drives and the 500GB drives for archiving VHS tapes onto.
But if I drop them into the 'small appliances' bin at the recycling centre then they probably won't do anything to recycle the metals. I had thought of taking them apart so the aluminium is separated. But the hidden '7th' screw on the top of a few drives is hard to locate under the sticker. And what to do with the strong magnets from inside?
I can't see much of a re-use of such small drives. And 3 of them are EIDE and not even SATA.
I will probably keep the two 1TB drives and the 500GB drives for archiving VHS tapes onto.
