Get an Apple Gift Card For Your Old Mac, PC, or iDevice
Send Apple your old iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC for reuse or recycling, and if it has monetary value, they’ll apply that toward an Apple Gift Card that you can use for purchases at any Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store.. If If your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC doesn’t qualify for reuse they’ll still recycle it responsibly for you at no cost .
Only iPhone, iPad, and Mac or PC desktop and notebook computers qualify for the Apple Reuse and Recycling Program. When you apply, Apple contracts with PowerON, who will estimate the fair market value of your product and provide convenient prepaid options to package and ship your product to their facility for evaluation.
For more information, visit:
http://www.apple.com/recycling/gift-card/
If all you want is to dispose of your unwanted equipment, regardless of brand Apple can help you do that. Apple contracts with WeRecycle! to responsibly recycle computers and displays from any manufacturer. Call 877-712-2405 to receive a free prepaid shipping label, then pack up your equipment using your own box and send it off. For more information about WeRecycle!, visit:
http://www.werecycle.com
You can also bring your old Mac batteries to an Apple Retail Store near you and Apple will recycle them free.
For more information, visit:
http://www.apple.com/recycling/
If you live in one of the following Canadian provinces you can also participate in free electronics recycling by clicking the links below:
Alberta www.albertarecycling.com
British Columbia www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/recycling
Manitoba www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/pollutionprevention/waste/electronics.html
Nova Scotia www.acestewardship.ca
Ontario www.ontarioelectronicstewardship.ca
Saskatchewan www.sweepit.ca
If your province isn’t listed here, Canadians can responsibly recycle Apple-branded products free of charge by calling 905-874-8510