Near the bottom of the chain, the hardware rests in a closet.
Closets now overflow.
The final destination is the town landfill. Sadly, annual recycle days make a small dent in a major problem. The toxic technology waste problem will only get worse and local governments have been slow to react to a looming crisis. Right now, about half of U.S. households own a computer. Several years ago, a 286 loaded with software and a printer, made a worthwhile gift for someone needing word processing or spreadsheets.