BBC's Realstory ran a program last night about the dangers of dumping your PC at the local recycling point. On BBC's This Morning program they had a geek chatting a bit more about the issue. He suggested removing the hard drive and whacking it with a hammer (don't forget the safety goggles!) until you have loads of little pieces. I couldn't help laughing at this fella with the safety goggles on and the cheesy smile. Obviously he hasn't done that before because a) his hammer was quite small and b) the hard drive has a very strong casing specifically to protect the drive from impacts such as a geek attacking it with a little hammer.