Computer equipment contains a variety of metals, plastics and other materials that can be recycled. As of 2011, 25 states have passed laws concerning the recycling of computers since some of these ...

It’s a sunny, breezy Friday morning in Huntington Beach, and the parking lot of the Central Park Sports Complex looks like a cross between a Best Buy blowout and the Museum of Consumer Electronics.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... From the illegal dumping of hazardous waste in foreign countries to selling old hard drives to identity thieves, recycling an old computer today raises ...

End-of-life computers are frequently exported out of developed countries to developing ones, and a significant portion end up being recycled through informal, or "backyard," operations. While official ...

Imagine a huge landfill brimming with 315 million dead, yet still very deadly, computers. According to the non-profit National Safety Council, that”s the number of discarded computers the U.S. will ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SouthEast Computer Recyclers (SECR), a certified B2B leader in electronics recycling and data security, recently announced its IT asset buyback program ...

To prevent your old electronics from being melted down over a rudimentary stove in Guiyu, China, or being tossed into a landfill in Lagos, Nigeria, you’ll want to choose a reputable recycler. Plenty ...

The third annual Electronics Recycling Summit has been scheduled for May 6 to May 9 in San Francisco. The four-day series of events is co-sponsored by the International Association of Electronics ...