Families on a budget have always saved money by passing
on hand-me-down clothing, shoes, and toys from one child to another.
Businesses can do the same by recycling office equipment, furniture, and
supplies from one employee to another. If your company's engineer needs a more
powerful computer to run the latest number crunching software, the old system
may be perfectly adequate for a clerk who only uses e-mail and word processing
applications. Always look at how assets can be recycled within the company
before throwing them away.
If you really have no more use for electronic equipment, many localities won't
allow you to simply throw it in the trash -- you have to pay to have it hauled
away. Instead, you may be able to donate it to a charitable organization and
save the cost of disposal while at the same time possibly getting a tax
deduction. Just be sure to keep security in mind and remove or completely
erase hard drives on any computers you give away.
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