You can use Gateway's trade-in/recycling program to get money back for your old computer.

Or, to find an organization that takes working computers for reuse, or to locate an electronics recycling service in your area, explore these choices:

• eRecycle.org is a partnership between government, manufacturers, retailers and the environmental community that provides guidance and information to consumers about recycling electronic waste.
• The Rethink Initiative offers a fresh perspective on the challenge of e-waste, providing tools and solutions that make it easy to sell, donate, or recycle used computers and electronics.
• Earth 911 for a ZIP code-driven search for resources or call their toll-free number 1-800-CLEANUP for assistance.
• The National Recycling Coalition maintains a state-by-state listing of recycling options.
• The Electronic Industries Alliance's Consumer Education Initiative has a database of electronics recyclers around the country.
• The National Safety Council lists electronics recyclers by state.
• The International Association of Electronics Recyclers offers a search engine for recycler companies and locations.
• E-Stewards: Recyclers who have signed the "Electronic Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship," the most rigorous criteria for sustainable and socially just electronics recycling.
• Your state environmental agency's Web site for listings of electronics recyclers in your state.
• Your community's household hazardous waste service, recycling program, or solid waste program—check your jurisdiction's web page or the government pages or the Yellow Pages in your phone book.
• Your Yellow Pages for listings of local electronics recycling companies and nonprofits.
• Local charitable organizations such as Goodwill or Salvation Army may take unwanted, working computers.
• The Alberta, Canada recycling program lists more than 75 collection sites and e-roundups set up across the province to collect old televisions, computers and equipment currently going into Alberta's landfills.
• The Electronic Recycling Association of Alberta, Canada is a nonprofit private organization that collects, distributes, and recycles computer equipment.
  

The State of California has passed legislation imposing an Electronic Waste Recycling Fee for a sale made by a retailer to a consumer for certain electronic items, beginning January 1, 2005.  

More About Recycling Your Old Computer
Some communities have set up services for electronics recycling through public waste management and recycling programs. There may be ongoing or periodic service, like a collection event, in your community. Contact your local solid waste and recycling services to find out more.

To choose a recycler, check to make sure that the firm meets all applicable state and local laws and that it properly manages the recovered materials. To find out more about the regulations that apply in your state, contact your state's environmental agency.

It's good to ask a recycler how they recycle it—to be sure parts are not landfilled or shipped to overseas markets where environmental laws are nonexistent or not strictly enforced.