We recommend backing up your data and then erasing your computer's storage before donating, selling, or recycling your machine. Best Buy has a pretty extensive and well-known trade-in program that ...

Tossing your old printers and laptops in the trash is not only bad for the environment; it can even be illegal. It's no wonder a CNET survey found that nearly a third of us have old, unused tech ...

Are there old electronic devices sitting around your house unused? Though it can be difficult to get rid of that old laptop, desktop or printer you've got sitting around -- even when it's been over a ...

Our basement bedroom has a huge desktop computer that we never, ever touch -- except to dust. Why are we keeping it? A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A “Tech for Tickets” electronics-recycling event is being held today – Wednesday, Nov. 15 - at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, with sports tickets being given to donors. The event is a ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — When someone gets a new gadget like a phone, computer, tablet, or TV device, what do you do with the old one? It’s easy just to toss it in the trash, but that’s a ...

That old computer monitor may seem benign enough when it becomes outdated and ready for replacement. But one monitor can contain as much as eight pounds of lead. And when they end up in a landfill, ...