Some of my ewaste finds (Pics included)

Some of you already know that I've been installing phone systems for a long time now and this is my main source of ewaste.


The first 3 pics below are of a system I recently removed after installing the new one.


The customer wanted to know if I could remove all of the old equipment and the 70+ phones and haul it off.


Yes sir, I sure can and anything else you need removed.

I got 11 boxes of phones and 3 or 4 of them had never been opened. That's between 24 and 32 new in the box phones.




There were 3 battery backups, the pc for the voicemail and the 3 phone cabinets.






I always keep the screws and zip tie clips after cleaning off the backboard. I can't see throwing away good screws. I'll reuse them on my next install.





Backboard after the old system was removed.




There are 3 more battery backups, 5 boxes of assorted cables and circuit boards and some more old data equipment that I think they are going to let me have.

This isn't a big load compared to some but I get these on a regular basis and it usually leads to more later.

When I get through with a job the main thing is to make sure the customer is happy, the room is clean and that they have all of my contact information.

I installed a phone system back in 1988 and my contact from that job still calls me at least twice a year to pick up stuff.