Free Geek Twin Cities: E-Waste and Education

Most old computers and electronics end up in a landfill or scrapped for raw materials. But a nonprofit in Minneapolis, Minnesota takes the tech we no longer want and turns it into an educational opportunity.

Free Geek Twin Cities: http://www.freegeektwincities.org

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Free Geek Portland photos courtesy Angela Holm, http://www.angelaholmphotography.com

The Sunday Oregonian, "Nonprofit gives old computers new life" by Richard Colby. November 19, 2000.

Minnesota Daily, "Free Geek to open in Mpls" by Krista Webb. September 28, 2009.

Minnesota Public Radio, "Free Geek program seeks to increase computer ownership" by Jessica Mador. October 26, 2009.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/10/26/free-geek-computer-ownership

Motherboard CPU socket image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Supermicro_dual_opteron_server_board_cpu_socket_IMGP7338_wp.jpg

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