Since 2007, the city’s policy has been to make surplus assets available to nonprofits that receive city grants. The remaining devices were sent to a liquidator that sold or recycled the items, according to the city’s own data. Thousands of city-owned computers and other electronics are sold off every year despite an official policy of offering them to nonprofits that serve Toronto’s most vulnerable people. In 2017, the city received $18,832.80 for the items sold through Platinum Liquidators. As part of a digital equity program, the municipal government in Seattle, Washington has made its surplus computers, smartphones, tablets and laptops available for free to Seattle-based nonprofit agencies and schools.

Source: thestar February 05, 2018 00:33 UTC