It's hard to let go of old laptops, desktops and printers. But recycling old tech that just sits around your home and takes up space is so important. If you're in the midst of spring cleaning right ...

Most people don't throw away old electronics --they relocate them. The laptop goes from the desk to the closet, the closet to ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elena Popova/Getty Images Instead of throwing away a laptop or desktop PC, why not recycle an old computer and make some quick ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Along with old pairs of skis, your Uncle Milton's bowling ball and the framed pictures of fruit from your failed attempt at "art," you may also have some old computers and ...

When a computer reaches the end of its useful life, should it sit in its owner's basement, go into the garbage or be recycled? In trying to solve that problem, state lawmakers and environmentalists ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Computer Inc. will soon adopt an environmentally friendly twist for buyers of new Macintosh computers by offering to recycle their old computers for free. The Cupertino-based ...

When Orange County workers cranked up a one-day recycling center for used computer gear last week in Chapel Hill, they took the measure of a critical trash disposal challenge facing the state. By the ...

This morning my colleague Michael Cooney has an interesting post about whether there should be national standards for the recycling of computers and other used electronics. From that post: A report ...

Goodwill of Greater Washington is now pulverizing glass items donated to its D.C.-area stores that don’t sell on the retail floor, and it expects to recycle a lot of them. The glass pulverization ...