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 ...

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 ...

Several disposable batteries in a recycling bin. - CHUYKO SERGEY/Shutterstock No matter how advanced batteries become, they still run out of energy eventually, or otherwise lose their ability to store ...

Jessica Santos, Attleboro’s solid waste manager who oversees the recycling center, says even after years of offering a ...

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A partnership between Staples and information technology and electronics asset disposition provider ERI, headquartered in Fresno, California, is providing free battery recycling at the retailer’s ...

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, ...

Today, only roughly 5% of lithium-ion batteries are recycled around the world. This is a startling statistic when compared to the reality that it is projected that between 2022 and 2030, the global ...