New legislation means that any business looking to dispose of more than the smallest amount of dead hardware will need to register with the Environment Agency, or face the government's wrath. We look at some of the more creative ways people have found of reusing their old hardware, and would like to hear from you if you have done anything similar.
Send your pictures to us at recycledhardware@zdnet.co.uk and tell us your stories using the talkback facility below and we will run a selection of the best of them in the future.
The final three will zip around your desktop, make an interesting addition to your garden and provide an alternative way for working out the stress of modern life
"This mini robot tank uses floppy drive eject motors from a Mac."
Credit: © Webshots - curriedgoat.
"This iMac case, keyboard and mouse have returned to the wild."
Credit: © Webshots - navonod09.
"It's like a Pinata.. only it's a keyboard, and instead of a bat I'll be using a machette!"
Credit: © Webshots - swimmersjm.
Talkback
Yawn! I've still got a Pentium 233 box as my firewall (running Smoothwall) :-)))
A Pentium 233???? Luxury! ;-).
How about installing Windows on it?
That's nothing, you should check out the MacQuariums at http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/MacAquarium/
The G4 Cube aquarium is by far the best:
http://home.comcast.net/~jleblanc77/cube/