As good as new
13 September 2012
In 1993, Graham Pitt had an idea and persuaded his wife and two friends to help him carry it out. Computers for Charity is still a good idea ten years on, say the partners.
It feels good to get your hands on a newer, faster, better computer, but there’s a problem – what do you do with the old machine? You could stick it in the basement, on the top of a teetering pile of other unloved bits and pieces, just in case it comes in handy (which it won’t). Or you could throw it away and leave it sitting in a landfill site. Or you could do some...