December 23, 2024

Do not bury your Technotrash

“E- waste” is the fastest source of growth in consumer trash. But do not dump your old computers, mobile phones and other devices in a landfill. Your trash could be someone else’s treasure.

Sell it.

eBay buyers and Amazon.com are always looking for deals. Mike Hadad, a iSold it in Gaithersburg, Maryland, at the outlet owner, said most of his sales, he got the electronics on eBay, but he would prefer a new or nearly new projects in the Amazon, they usually you can get a higher price. Anyone can become eBay or Amazon seller. If you do not want the trouble of listing and transport your items, find http://ebaytradingassistant.com online trading assistant. It usually takes about ISold stores one-third of the price.

Buy back all of the V top wireless phone arieties, as long as they are powered on, and have a good LCD screen. Gazelle.com buy more than 20 categories of electronic products. Apple offers in exchange for Apple gift cards reusable.

Donated.

ReCellular resale of cell phones, it can find buyers and recycle the rest. For desktop computers and peripherals and the National Cristina Foundation, the world computer exchange.

In order to establish the value of donations using ItsDeductible (free www.turbotax.com). To clear your computer’s hard drive, free disk wipe products, such as Active @ KillDisk or Darik’s Boot and Nuke.

Recovered.

Some retailers and manufacturers to undertake a number of recycled or resold back to the electrons. Best Buy stores accept most electronic products. St. aples shops take personal electronic devices (such as PDA, mobile phones and digital cameras) for free, but charge $ 10 to recover the office electronically. Call2Recycle pick up the phone and rechargeable batteries from many places, including Home Depot and Radio Shack stores (look for the nearest drop-off location, please visit www.call2recycle.org).

About the manufacturer’s recycling program, go to the bottom of the electronic to recover the alliance’s website. Partner with Staples and Dell, Goodwill collection of Dell products in their stores. To find other places recycling electronic products, please visit www.earth911.com and zip code search. Of course, you can always give your e-waste away from people who would like it. Join your local free recycling group.