How do I know when I can recycle a computer component, and when it's safe to throw it out?
91091
Find somebody's truck parked somewhere and put it in the bed.  Then it's their problem!  It's safe to throw it in there when the own3r's not around and nobody's looking.  Likewise if there's something in there you want (like a gas can) you can take it.
394538
put all the parts in a trash bag and fill a shipping box in strofoam packing peanuts put the computer in the box surrounded by peanuts and it should make it there safely or if you are really concerned double box it with 1 inch styrofoam to protect the inner box. the stuff they sell at a home improvment store that comes in 4 X 8 sheets
476083
A good program that can be used to clean all the unnecessary junk off of your computer (including cleaning erronuous registry entries) is CCleaner. It can be downloaded at http://www.ccleaner.com/.
104772
HI THERE,IF ITS A PROGRAM INSTALLED YOU WILL HAVE TO REMOVE IT FROM ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS DIALOG BOX,IF IT IS ONLY A SHORTCUT THEN YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK IT THEN IT WILL GO TO THE RECYCLE BIN.IF NOT WITH THESE OPEN UP MY COMPUTER AND CLICK ON TO PROGRAMS,THEN LOOK THROUGH TO THE ONE YOU WANT,THEN DELETE IT,HOPE THIS HELPS YOU.
825533
take it to a recycle point , it may cost you ,a little bit ,like $5
910803
check the paper or the local computer shop  for used ones
239120
Send it to Recycling and go out aand buy a decent computer
918069
Go to http://www.dumbasswasteoftime.com
332318
Unless you hit Shift + Delete, your item should be in the Recycle Bin as long as you also don't Empty the Recycle Bin.  There are programs that can protect you from accidental deletes.  Norton Utilities has one called Norton Protect and what it does is archives your Recycle Bin so unless you go in and empty the Recycle Bin AND delete the archives then your stuff will still be there available for you to restore it.  \n\nNote: If you delete something from removable media such as Floppy Diskettes or CD-RW Disks, they are gone forever as they don't go into the Recycle Bin.  Also, if you close something without saving it, it's also almost as good as gone.  You may have some luck locating a .tmp file and hopefully are able to restore it to something legible but that's a bit difficult to do.
139383
Motors can be scavenged from used floppy drives, you may want to buy/build the control circuitry yourself, if not rip it off a old RC toy.
133969
Plug it into your computer & check the recycle folder of that drive (mp3 player drive). Might just be there.
352374
We can recycle so that today's garbage could be tomorrow's stuff.\nDon't throw out - recycle!
94555
I'm not sure.  I think they're a type of plastic so you probably could recycle it...  But I'm sure they're not that harmful to the environment so you could just throw it away.
458488
Make sure the electric and gas are not connected.  Someone had a good idea about recycling; doors, windows, trim. etc.
1164848
go into windows explorer.  see if you can locate the program and 'delete' it.  you may be able to drag and drop to the recycle bin if you have the w/e window at a partial size.  once you get in there, if you only remove part of the program, you may mess something else up.\nbe careful, this is a very sensitive place to go and can cause an awful lot of problems if you don't know what you are doing.  and yes, i have done this more than once, both successfully, and unsuccessfully, so make sure you have a restore point, in case things don't work as you expected.\ngood luck.
635632
2-5 years usually is the life span\n\ndepreciation value upon salvage is almost nothing. 866 processors were going for during their hey day at $350. That very same processor can be bought for $7 on ebay. That's 2%. Graphics cards are even worse. Often it's merely the price of the metals and materials for scrap. Memory tend to be a bit better averaging many $15-30 from $100. Cases are worth whatever market scrap is. A computer is hardly a investment if that is what you are looking for.\n\nLaptops are a bit better. $2000 laptops are going for $350 on ebay. That's a 17.5% salvage. \n\nBetween 6-18 months of purchase all computers are obsolete. Some are even obsolete the day of purchase.
159767
try to call a junk yard that takes it....\nPut it in the newspaper, free, as is, come take it..