Think about what's in your trash bin. Do you see your old smartphone in it, the one that was new until this year? About eight out of every 10 electronic devices in the world end up in a landfill or ...

Once that old laptop or printer stops working, you need to get rid of it. However, that can be easier said than done. Throwing it in the trash will only lead to more items that could be recycled ...

The problem, of course, is that consumer electronics contain toxic substances such as cadmium, lead, mercury, beryllium, polyvinyl chloride, or PVC and brominated flame retardants, or BFRs, to name 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, ...

If you have a growing graveyard of old printers and laptops in your closet, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, probably because ...

Telephone answering machines. Remote controls. VCRs. Computer monitors. Printers. TVs. Refrigerators. Microwave ovens. Toasters. Radios. All of these items, and many more, can be recycled for free at ...

Here is a go-to guide for how to dispose of acceptable recycled materials, hard-to-recycle materials and unacceptable materials that can only go to the landfill. Thin plastic lids that come on trays ...

Once that old laptop or printer stops working, you need to get rid of it. However, that can be easier said than done. Throwing it in the trash will only lead to more items that could be recycled ...