Many years ago (we’re old), Street Tech did a piece called “What to Do with an Old CPU” with ideas on how to recycle your passed over PCs. It was one of the articles that we got the most interest in, along with many emails asking us to update it. We didn’t (we’re old AND lazy).
But the fine crunchy ones over at Treehugger have posted a more contemporary list of similar ideas and orgs in their piece How to: Recycle Your Old Computer.
Also: Be sure to check out Xeni’s Boing Boing post and link to sobering Salon article on our exporting of toxic computer waste to the developing world.