How should i dispose of dead macbook air?

Ollllddd macbook air, broken significantly and now won't even charge up so I can strip stuff off it. How do I dispose of it now?
Thank you!

Are you concerned about environmentally friendly recycling, or are you concerned about assuring some sensitive data on your disks does not end up in the wrong hands?
If the former, then follow FoxFifth's suggestion.
If the latter, then check your local area for disk overhaulers (or a similar appropriate adjective). Be prepared to pay some non-trivial fee for them to work on cleaning your disk.

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you mean decrease all the files filling your Air?
See here for answer about the OTHER which is taking up space:
http://pondini.org/TM/30.html
and here:
http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
See Kappys excellent note on the rest of “other” files taking up your space:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446
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Hi all,
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