What should I do with old electronics? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I got a box full of a bunch of stuff from over the years. Some big, some small, some expensive, some cheap. It seems like a shame to throw it all in a landfill, with or without personal data.

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[-] dick_stitches@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Search for electronics recycling in your area. They’ll take stuff for free or a small fee, depending on what it is. They’ll dissect the stuff and reuse all the components

[-] Grabthar@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

There are plenty of those places around me, and they advertise agressively everywhere. But there are also the metal scrapyards that will pay YOU for your e-waste. That's where most of these recycling places take the stuff you paid them to dispose of. If you want the service of having it picked up, I'd say fill your boots, but I will just go the scrapyard with a binful once in a while when I plan to be in the area.

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