Londonsers may have heard of Freecycle - basically an online servie - kinda like loot, but you dont charge for it.
Problem is - no-one wants CRT monitors these days - so my mate who had 2 17" monitors to dispose of found that, well let me paste his email he sent out about it.....
"2 x 17" monitors. Impossible to give away on Freecycle or elsewhere. Left on the pavement, gone in 20 minutes."
So Chavcycle them.
And as for Hard Disks - keep em all forever and when they break - 12lb Sledghammer.
Or screwdiver - take the platters out - make even better coasters than CD's - or because of the metal they are made of, make good mirrored wind-chimes -
David