Donating an unopened Personal Laserwriter toner cartridge, M0089LLA

I have a new, unopened, toner cartridge for an Apple Personal Laserwriter printer that just died on me and I would like to give it to someone (school or charity) that can use it, instead of throwing it out. Any suggestions?
The toner cartridge is an Apple # M0089 LL/A or an HP # 92275A (they are the same cartridge).
I am willing to mail it, drop it off, or deliver it to anyone / any school that can use this cartridge. I just don't want to trash it if it can be put to good use.
Please help me find a home for this cartridge.
Thank you.
Bert

bertbarry,
In Spokane, WA, home of the Gonzaga Bulldogs basketball team and the worlds largest Hoopshoot contest, and...and...and... there is a website called 'freecycle' that lets you post offerings. My wife teaches school, wanted a time clock for her classroom and found a dentist that was getting rid of one. All free, the only cost is reading all the requests that get posted. Google freecycle and see if there is one in your area.
I am setting up a sister who teaches near Seattle with a personal laser printer, 300, 310, 360 style. She could use different toner cartridge for printing class handouts for second graders.
I am sure someone closer could use yours. Otherwise, I collect older computers and printers and let kids take them apart and fix them up. They cannot hurt them, they were headed to the dump. If you want to slow boat your cartidge to the other Washington, we would gladly put it to good use.
Post back for more details or notice of success finding a freecycle program near you. : )
Jim
More Spokane promotional material: Time magazine printed an article about the organizers of Hoopfest wanting a way to relay scores of games to the central tabulating location. Someone from H/P set up a hot zone for an internet link all through downtown. After the event, no one turned off the connection and people continued to use the free web access. Starbucks and other businesses decided to donate to keep 'free access' and thus was born the first downtown hot zone. ( no I am not on the chamber of commerce, lol)

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