  hide cookie message 2,862 Tutorials  Recycle your old tech
gear  What to do with your old tech gear when it no longer
works? Recycle it. We show you how and where to be responsible
with outdated stuff.  In springtime, people's fancies may turn
to love, but their to-do list turns to cleaning. Make this the
year that you finally recycle all the ancient MP3 players, toner
cartridges, ethernet cables, and bulky monitors out of the
closets, garages, and spare rooms where they've been lurking.
Your home will feel more modern, and you'll be doing your part
to boost the 27 percent electronics recycling rate in the U.S.--
just in time for another spring constant, Earth Day.ll"  Half of
all electronic waste is linked to consumer electronics.  Why
recycle at all?  Sure, it would be easier just to dump all your
old, unwanted electronic stuff in the trash. However, old
computers and their related peripherals contain a lot of heavy
metals--lead, cadmium, mercury--that are bad for people's health
when they get into the soi