A one-day computer recycling service will be provided – free – at the parking lot of Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City Saturday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to Bill Grabill, chairman of the congregation’s environmental stewardship committee.

A Palmetto-based company, PC Disposal, takes title to your equipment, thereby absolving you of any responsibility. That is, your equipment becomes their equipment.

According to the company Web site, hard drives are sanitized or destroyed and asset tags that may identify the original equipment’s owner are removed. Worthless computer equipment is disposed of in accordance with all federal and state environmental laws; you get a “Certificate of Disposal.”

An average computer monitor contains about eight pounds of lead. Lead can also be found on computer circuit boards. The mercury, lithium, and cadmium found in many PC batteries are toxic at high levels. Other toxins, such as PCBs, are used in computer capacitors and are also hazardous.

Getting rid of these components can cost more than $400 per unit through conventional disposal, according to Richard Golden, company president, who lives in Fayette County.

For more information about PCDisposal, check out www.pcdisposal.com or call toll-free 1-877-244-0250. Golden’s office number is 770-463-8944. For site information, the church’s office number is 770-487-8717.