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 ...

Whether you're a tech junkie or a casual user who's seen every era of computing, you likely have plenty of old tech ephemera ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EHSO provides free electronics recycling in many states, as does CalRecycle in California. 1-800-Got-Junk? is a pay service that ...

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 ...

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, ...

When I finally admitted my old desktop and wheezing inkjet were never coming back into regular use, I assumed getting rid of them would be expensive or a hassle. Instead, I discovered that I could ...

Time to dust off that dot matrix printer that's been sitting in a dark closet since 1990. In response to environmental concerns, Office Depot this week announced it is teaming up with Hewlett-Packard ...

Christmas is over, but the remnants – stacks of cardboard boxes, bags of sparkly wrapping paper and maybe one or two broken ornaments – remain. Though it's easy to toss these items into the garbage, ...

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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 ...