Specifications

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2.2 Acceptance Point (could be trailer, store dock, etc.)
At the trailer or loading dock, the attendant accepts equipment donations and
completes the Donation Slip with help from the donor.
All monitor or TV donations must be accompanied by a $5 processing fee. All
donors are offered
Household or Institutional Brochures explaining the program and the
fee. For those who won’t pay the fee, they are allowed to leave the monitors or TVs, if
they accept a
Mail-Back Flyer that may later be returned by mail with the fee.
Finally, the attendant delivers the donated equipment to a receiving bin in the
processing area and passes the completed Donation Slip to the sorter or processing
technician.
Special deliveries from county, business or other institutions may require that a
Certificate of Reuse, Recycling or Destruction be delivered by the program as a legal
guarantee of proper disposal.
2.3 Store to Store
The Goodwill store driver making regular rounds between the stores will check for
computer donations before leaving each store. On a space available basis, the driver will
bring the donated equipment to the processing facility at the program store.
When necessary, the electronics program driver (who may be the same driver as
above) may be asked to make special store transfers. For example, a high volume
donation at one of the stores may be redirected to the processing store.
2.4 Contracted Pickups
Some donors (especially business donors) will not deliver equipment to the store
and so collection services can be offered. Collection programs tend to increase the
quantity and quality of donations. A donor pays a fee to make arrangements for a
program driver to go to their site to pick up donated equipment. The fee should be large
enough to cover all costs of the pick up, plus item fees such as monitor charges. A good
place to start is a $40 minimum flat fee, with incremental costs for large quantities
collected or large distances traveled.
2.5 Collection Events
Periodically, perhaps every three or four months, well-advertised special collection
events may be held in different parts of the county. This way, used equipment donors
from different areas will occasionally have a more convenient way to donate their used
equipment compared with drop-off. Event locations should be highly visible and easy for