I have not had an opportunity to update the information on this site or research to make sure that it is still accurate. Howeer I have found a few more sites that might be of some help if you are in need of unloading hardware.

I have found that it is very hard to donate monitors, no one seems to want them. Although there are a few places that will take them for a small fee.

• Recycle Works County of San Mateo. This site has a great search engine where you put in the item to recycle and your location and it tells you who you can take it to and often provides URL's.
  
• Wireless Foundation-- donate your old cellphone and accessories to help fight Domestic Violence.
  

I have often wondered what to do with my old hardware. You don't just want to give it away and throwing it away is out of the question.

If you are anything like I am you have horded old bits and pieces of machines and monitors for years not quite sure what to do with them. Recently I was talking to a bunch of friends about what to do with our old systems, and we thought about getting together and having a garage sale. I think this is a great idea, however with all of us located in one place with all of our treasures, I have a feeling that it would be more like swap meet then a sale and we would all go home with just as much stuff as when we arrived.. if not more.

In this day and age I believe that each of us is looking for a tax break.. so what about donating the old equiptment? After asking a few friends, one (who shall remain nameless) pointed me to the following article, San Francisco Chronicle, December 24th, 1998, which suggests a few places where one may donate equiptment.He said that he had planned to put it up on his personal website, but I got there first.

• PEP National Directory of Computer Recycling Programs PEP: Resources for Parents, Educators & Publishers.
  
• Computer Mentor Since 1987, CompuMentor has been providing low-cost, volunteer-based computer assistance to schools and nonprofits. Use this site to determine if a mentoring project is right for your organization, and to register today! or (415) 512-7784.
  
• Glide's Computers & You. Glide Memorial United Methodist Church offers classes for basic skills in desktop publishing, the Internet, word-processing and spreadsheet programs and more. The learning center, which was launched in 1989, is one of the oldest on the West Coast. The church welcomes Windows computer and software donations.
  
• Youth for Service. The San Francisco group's Computers to the Schools program accepts new and used PCs and printers, recycles the older models and then donates them to the San Francisco Unified School District and Bay Area nonprofit groups, according to Jerry Rentie, computer recycling coordinator. Contact: e-mail yfs@pacbell.net or (415) 621-5555.
  
• Computer and Technology Resource Centers "We will generally accept anything,'' said executive director James Burgett. (510) 614-0610.
  
• Berkeley Neighborhood Computers. Executive Director Bill Mack said the organization distributes personal computers and printers to low-income families, schools and nonprofit groups in Berkeley. BNC (e-mail: bnc@wenet.net) picks up equipment in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties.
  
• Plugged In. The venerable East Palo Alto service provides computer-training programs for low-income kids, according to co-executive director Magda Escobar. One program is geared for children, ages 6-12, in basic PC skills; the other is a Web-design program for teenagers.

I just stumbled across this information, and have not had time to investigate it. They take whatever they are given and get it up and running with an OS, train people on how to use them, and then give them away for free to people who can't afford computers. They are also looking for people to volunteer their time to help putting these older machines together.

The Alameda County Computer Resource Center
5725 International Blvd
Oakland, CA
(entrance is on 57th Ave)
510-434-1325