Got an old laptop or printer gathering dust in a closet? You're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of US adults are still hanging onto outdated electronics because they just don ...

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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, ...

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 ...

Printers are complicated machines featuring a mix of plastics, metals, electronics, and components, some of which are potentially flagged as hazardous waste. In 2023, it’s more important than ever to ...

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 ...

If you've got an old laptop or printer gathering dust in a closet, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of US adults are still hanging onto outdated electronics because ...