Computers for Charity have sent over 20,000 refurbished PCs to Africa for school and local community use. They will collect Pentium PCs from individuals and companies UK wide.

Recycle-IT take old hardware and either recycle or re-use it. Where possible, hardware is assembled into working systems for schools and non-profit organisations, otherwise the parts are separated for recycling, and contaminants removed.

Toolsforschools is a charity which accepts PCs from commercial companies, refurbish them, and make them available to UK schools at a nominal charge.

Lowtech is an arts project which takes redundant PCs (preferably Pentium) and uses them to provide learning and creative experiences for the public at Access Space, in Sheffield. If you have a significant volume of PCs to dispose of, collection may be possible.

Remember it is your responsibility to back up and remove any sensitive data from your hard drive before disposing of your computer.

Monitors contain mercury, and must be disposed of at a recycling centre.