Disposing Of Old Laptops

[johnny37]

I have removed the hard drives. Does the remaining kit with the rest of the gubbins have a value?

Also how should I disable the hard drives. Smash them with a sledgehammer?

Thanks

[bhg481]

If you've got the right screwdriver, open up the drive and remove the platters. You can emery paper them oor cut them to make them unreadable. As a bonus, the magnets are VERY powerful - if you get them off and they stick themselves together you will need a screwdriver or similar to separate them again.

[Buenchico]

Prize open the hard drives' casings with a screwdriver and squirt a load of superglue in. (8 tubes for a quid in Poundland). That's how I do it anyway!

You can take the rest of the laptops into any branch of PC World for free recycling. See also here:
http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/laptops/article/how-to-recycle-your-old-computer