I typically try to test them at a basic level. Then I try to sell them on eBay. If they don't sell within the time frame I allot, then I just break them down gradually when I don't want to work on anything else. Unfortunately, my trash company has changed their rules on what goes in recycling. If it's not a bottle, box, or can - they don't take it. They just leave the whole dang 96-gallon bin there un-emptied and you have to worry about disposing of it. Really sucks. They won't even take clean computer towers for the steel at which they are.