Vast
glut of obsolete computer equipment was all but inevitable in an
era in which a common cliche is that your new computer is outdated
by the time you get it home.
Now IBM Corp., one of the world’s biggest computer makers, hopes to
provide relief to a problem some environmentalists see as one of the biggest
solid waste issues to emerge in decades.
Armonk,
N.Y.-based IBM today is kicking off a program aimed specifically
at individual consumers and small business owners, two sizable groups
of computer users that up til now have struggled to find ways to rid themselves
of unwanted computer hardware.
For a fee of $29.99, IBM will accept all manner of PC parts through
its IBM PC Recycling Service. The fee includes shipping costs, so consumers
need only to box the equipment and send it via United Parcel Service
to Envirocycle, a Hallstead, Pa., recycling firm. Consumers can sign up
for IBM’s program at the time of purchase or by contacting IBM.
kick off：开球，发起运动等；在IBM公司这次发起的回收废旧电脑运动中，你只需花费29.99美元。 United Parcel Service：美国联合邮包服务公司（简称UPS）
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Vast
glut of obsolete computer equipment was all but inevitable in an
era in which a common cliche is that your new computer is outdated
by the time you get it home. 
glut： 供应过剩；充斥
Armonk,
N.Y.-based IBM today is kicking off a program aimed specifically
at individual consumers and small business owners, two sizable groups
of computer users that up til now have struggled to find ways to rid themselves
of unwanted computer hardware.