Understand E-Waste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-waste) at an individual level & write your local Congressmen to revisit legislation to hold Corporations responsible for e-waste disposal of their products at "end-of-life" (as the European Union has done since 2003).  Waste electronics will most likely end up in a landfill or incinerated. Both methods allow toxic chemicals to pollute the environment.