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pimg height=183 src=http://l.yimg.com/a/feeds/us/grn/green_ecogeek/apple-recycle.jpg width=468 //ppApple is making recycling electronics easy for schools by offering to recycle old computers for free, but like any great offer, it’s limited./ppAny K-12 or higher education institutions are eligible to recycle old Macs, PCs, and peripherals (keyboards, mice, printers, etc.) from any manufacturer, with no purchase required. The limits are these: a school must have at least 25 pieces of recyclables to participate, they must register by July 31 and pick-up must occur by August 31 and all equipment must be packaged according to the a href=http://www.apple.com/education/recycle/shrinkwrap.htmlinstructions/a./ppRegardless of all the details, this is a great, if temporary, offer from Apple. If you or anyone you know works for a school that would be eligible, please pass on the registration information a href=http://www.apple.com/education/recycle/index.php?event_code=5539881cid=CDM-US-Edu-C0009644-141771Email_PageName=C0009644-141771Email_OID=524453cp=141771sr=emhere/a. Until electronics companies institute permanent, free recycling for all their products, we’ll have to take advantage of opportunities like these while we can./ppvia a href=http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/apple-doing-the-right-thing-for-recycling-but-for-limited-time-only.phpTreehugger/a/p