The program is available to online purchasers as well as those who buy their computer at an Apple retail store. Consumers can recycle any brand of personal computer by packaging their old system and using the free shipping label the Cupertino, Calif., computer maker will provide.

Apple said it will recycle all equipment it receives domestically and ship no hazardous material overseas. The company has processed more than 21 million pounds of electronic waste worldwide since 1994.