There are free recycling programs offered by retailers including Best Buy, Staples and Apple -- and you might even get some store credit.

If you've got an old laptop or printer gathering dust in a closet, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of US adults are still hanging onto outdated electronics because ...

The problem, of course, is that consumer electronics contain toxic substances such as cadmium, lead, mercury, beryllium, polyvinyl chloride, or PVC and brominated flame retardants, or BFRs, to name a ...

Printers are complicated machines featuring a mix of plastics, metals, electronics, and components, some of which are potentially flagged as hazardous waste. In 2023, it’s more important than ever to ...

There’s one obvious downside to our increasing reliance on technology: electronic waste. E-waste refers to discarded rather than recycled electronic equipment accumulating in landfills each year – a ...

Broken laptops, old cellphones, printers that stopped working years ago -- you may be wondering what to do you’re your old tech clutter. The good news: Consumer Reports says you can get rid of it ...

I've got a colleague in The Oregonian newsroom who has been driving around for months with an old computer printer in her trunk because she doesn't know where to recycle it. This tells me two things: ...