Between new smartphones and other highly anticipated devices rapidly being released on the market, many consumers find themselves with a stack of old devices. Maybe they're shoved away in a closer or ...

Electronic waste, or e-waste, can’t just be thrown into the landfill like regular garbage. State law does not allow consumers ...

Approximately 2.25 million tons of obsolete TVs, cell phones and computers -- commonly referred to as e-waste -- were ready to be disposed of in a single year, according to a 2007 U.S. Environmental ...

MINNEAPOLIS — If you have a drawer packed with old cellphones, cameras and laptops, you're not alone. Global electronic waste has hit record highs and it's growing five times faster than recycling ...

Some computers are ready for a new lease on life. Computer companies come out with new machines every year: faster, better, more powerful, more efficient, and sometimes even cheaper. But what do you ...

How to recycle old phones and electronics – and why doing so is good for your wallet - Components such as steel, aluminum, copper, gold, silver, plastics and even glass, can be recovered and reused ...

Funded by the National Science Foundation, our multidisciplinary team blended our expertise in causal inference, ...

Most people don't throw away old electronics --they relocate them. The laptop goes from the desk to the closet, the closet to a storage bin, the bin to the garage, where it joins a growing collection ...

Matt Hickman is an associate editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. His writing has been featured in Curbed, Apartment Therapy, URBAN-X, and more. Thanks to improved technology recycling programs across ...

We love our electronic devices until they get old — or we tire of them — and we want a shiny new diversion. This constant upgrading to the latest and greatest, though, is bad for the environment.