Yes, but I do not believe this is an option for apartment buildings who are required to hire third-party collection companies.

On Jul 8, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Smith, Craig A wrote:

> 
> Brian Lawrence wonders:
>> does anyone know of any 
>> place within the metro area that will take ANY computer 
>> equipment for free?
> 
> If you live in Minneapolis, residents can offer a maximum of TWO items
> for pickup, free of charge each recycling day (every other week).  I've
> recycled laser printers, dishwashers, monitors, and other gear with no
> problem.  At least in my neighborhood, the trick is to put items out
> that morning to avoid scrap dealers parting out the valuable copper and
> leaving a mess of broken plastic (illegal, but at least the metal gets
> back into the use stream).
> http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/solid-waste/garbage-large-item.asp 
> 
> 
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