Recycling By Dell
Dell Computers has a computer recycling program that will pick up boxes of old equipment at your home. Details can be found at http://www.dell4me.com/recycling, which was mentioned in this New York Times piece.
Basically, for $15 per 50 pound box, Dell will send someone over for home pickup. Computers, old scanners, printers, monitors, etc., will be processed. Hard drives should, of course, be wiped prior to packaging. If you participate in the recycling program, you get a 10%-off coupon off Dell peripherals and software. There’s also an option to donate the equipment to a charity, though I guess that has to be working equipment.
These programs may be where my old Sparc 5 goes. And that old laptop that doesn’t work anymore. And that other old laptop that doesn’t work. And the SCSI enclosure….