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How and where to recycle your electronics

By Andrew Nusca | April 23, 2010, 3:52 AM PDT

Where can you recycle a spent laptop battery? An old cell phone? A bunch of depleted rechargable AA batteries?

Mark Licea, host of The Green Show on CNET, takes a trip to electronics retailers Best Buy, Radio Shack and Sprint to find out what you can do with your old electronic gear — and how you can make a little money, too:

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knowing where to properly dispose your e-waste

Recycling needs to be inculcated in our daily lives if we want to continue experiencing the benefits of our natural resources. They do take care of us and we should do the same to them.
I also read another interesting piece on how to successfully organize your files in computers to help you accomplish your tasks faster, hence you no longer need to print documents that might not even be necessary. Readers may look over it at:
http://www.officelabs.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=99
When old computers are no longer needed, hard drives need to be cleaned for any personal or important files before having them properly disposed.

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Wow!! Best Buy will take any electronics to recycle

will need to check this out.

Posted by DadsPad

23rd Apr 2010

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RE: How and where to recycle your electronics

If you live in Minnesota.
Equipment would be PC's, 700 or faster, LCD monitors or CRT's (17" , 19"), working if possible and even the licensed software (if you have it.) Memory, printers w/ink, components, ie> burners, floppy drives, video cards, cables, power cords, etc.
www.pcsforpeople.org

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PCs for People is a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation with offices in St. Paul and Mankato, MN. PCs for People takes donated computers and rebuilds, refurbishes and redistributes them to people with limited access to technology. PCs for People provides educational experience, work training, internships, as well as volunteer opportunities. This allows people to give something back to the community and increase their knowledge of computers in doing so.

Since PCs for People started in 1999, thousands of computers have been donated to those in need. Through our program people who have never before owned a computer gain the knowledge and opportunities that come from having access to technology."

Microsoft certified refurbisher.

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23rd Apr 2010

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Ask Your fellow geek first

Technogeeks (like me) can do all sorts of things with old electronics.
Just because Your favorite shop says "No, can't be repaired", it ain't
necessarily so. It just means that they don't have the time or
personnel to do it. Most of the time the faults are very minor, and
there are a lot of easy fixes. Did You know that when Your laptop
battery fails, it is usually only one or two cells that are bad. They
can easily be replaced and that's much cheaper than a new battery.

So always make sure You know a technogeek or two. They can do wonders
just out of interest.

Posted by Dukhalion

24th Apr 2010

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RE: How and where to recycle your electronics

FYI : http://ecofreek.com also addresses this, places to give away and get items as well.

Posted by Siobain Flynn

21st Feb 2011

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RE: How and where to recycle your electronics

Nowadays, paper, plastic as well as old electronic gadgets can be recycled and this requires our support so that we can help out in the conservation of our natural resources.
http://www.texas-shredding.com
They may not know the effect of improper disposal of batteries, hard drives and even cell phones - but these have tremendous effect on the environment. Recycling or shredding is not only for paper documents anymore. These days, even hard drives and other old electronic gadgets are being properly disposed.

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