A man reports on Reddit about a friend’s ingenious wall decoration. He buys old motherboards and hangs them in his gaming room.
There is a lot of garbage in our world. Humanity is trying to make the consumption of electrical items more sustainable with various recycling measures.
What is the problem with electrical devices? Cell phones, tablets, notebooks and even computers are often disposed of long before the end of their normal life cycle. Although these can be recycled efficiently, they all too often end up in the drawer and are forgotten. A user on Reddit is now showing how he can extend the lifespan of hardware by reusing it as decoration.
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Retired motherboards as wall decoration
In a post on Reddit, the user “whatHappensImIn” shares a photo of a very special wall decoration with the community.
What can be seen on the picture? In the comments he explains that this is a friend’s gaming setup. His buddy currently has 14 old motherboards of different models hung in several configurations directly above his desk. He also mounted his gaming PC with a wall mount right next to it.
Where do all the old components come from? As his friend further reports, this was a spontaneous idea. He suddenly went on an online shopping spree and looked for motherboards that he liked the look of. He apparently found what he was looking for and finally ordered the decommissioned hardware. However, not every purchase of old hardware is a good investment.
How were the motherboards attached to the wall? The exact procedure is not discussed in the article. In the photo you can see white plates/frames on which all the mainboards were attached. The creative user then attached these panels/frames to the wall of the room.
In further comments, the creator of the post says that his friend is not yet finished with his project and is already looking for more motherboards.
Upcycling instead of recycling
What is upcycling? The idea of giving old objects a new life has been around for a long time. Defective and no longer needed items are not simply disposed of and returned to the raw material cycle.
Instead of selling or scrapping them, many people become very inventive and give discarded things in the household a new use. This often creates decorative works that are impressive. This is called upcycling instead of recycling. Some people also give away old gaming PCs that they don’t even want.
Would recycling be a better alternative? Yes, because the loss of reusable material within the value chain speaks against this. Electronic scrap in particular contains various earths, ores and metals that can be used again and again with almost no loss of quality.
However, this also applies to all electronic devices that live a desolate existence in drawers or musty basements. If the user no longer likes their wall decoration at some point, they can still dispose of the mainboards professionally.
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