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Overall consumers are huge part of the e-waste stream, but collecting consumer equipment is a daunting task and consumers are resistant to any change--no matter how noble--that is perceived as inconvenient. The recycler I use (an e-Steward in Houston, TX) TechnoCycle http://technocycle.com accepts my personal ewaste but they don't hide the fact that they are targeting bigger businesses. Why? Because if you can get corporations that refresh computers and electronics in units of hundreds and thousands to change then you make a quicker, bigger impact in the waste stream. So more than taking out your own trash (so to speak) check up on your companies policies (if they have one) and put in a word of encouragement to use an e-Steward or the like. A couple of concerned voiced can make a much bigger change that way.