Recycling Your Electronics

[nicklmg]

Amazon: http://geni.us/1GcL

NCIX: http://bit.ly/1VCBUuq

 

How can you recycle your old electronics, and why should you do it?

 

[mikat]

first! (already watched it on vessel  B) )

[iamdarkyoshi]

Send em to me, lol

[dom1310df]

Send em to me, lol

Same here. There should be a way for people to (easily) send their old computer parts to someone like us who wants them. (i.e. knowing who the people who want them are)

[mikat]

Same here. There should be a way for people to (easily) send their old computer parts to someone like us who wants them. (i.e. knowing who the people who want them are)

*cough* ltt forum *cough*

[dom1310df]

*cough* ltt forum *cough*

Even in the forum, there isn't (I don't think) a specific area for "recycling" old tech. There's the classifieds, but that requires filling out the listing information etc.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of "Here are old computer parts, anybody want them?", which is minimal effort on the OP's part.

[mikat]

Even in the forum, there isn't (I don't think) a specific area for "recycling" old tech. There's the classifieds, but that requires filling out the listing information etc.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of "Here are old computer parts, anybody want them?", which is minimal effort on the OP's part.

you could make a thread with that exact sentence

[blu4]

In my town there is a company that takes old, broken, unwanted electronics, sells them and gives 50% to charity

[ozziestig]

I thought you where going to show us how to reclaim the metals from the pcbs. @LinusTech @Slick

I remember reading somewhere that it is possible to get back the gold and other various metals buy dissolving the pcb.

[MetaDrow]

I want to try out the true key thing but it currently doesn't support firefox , but for some reason it supports IE already??

[Snadzies]

I have a recycling center right down the road from me.

I just say "I got some old electronics here" and they point to a dumpster and I toss them in.

They take care of the rest.

 

Pretty easy for me.

[Svardskampe]

A lot of even broken items just sell for a few bucks on Ebay and such. Phones for the battery/screen/...

 

Also shoutout for dban.org as a tool for wiping harddrives.

[ofr057]

@nicklmg I think it should be pointed out that true key by intel security is actually produced by mcafee

 

since mcafee has a notion of being bloatware I dont feel comfortable with this product placement

[The Knome]

YAY, a video about what to do with old clobber

Honestly though, was expecting acid dips, de-soldering, taking relevant parts and sticking them into your cyborg bodies.

[Streetguru]

Linus how could you not do a video about melting them down with acid for the gold in them?

[mikat]

I thought you where going to show us how to reclaim the metals from the pcbs. @LinusTech @Slick

I remember reading somewhere that it is possible to get back the gold and other various metals buy dissolving the pcb.

me too!

[rcarteraz]

Linus how could you not do a video about melting them down with acid for the gold in them?

 

As interesting as that is; I highly doubt a majority of the viewers would actually do that. There's too much involved with little return. I'm sure there are videos out there though that show you; if you're interested. This video seems the more likely route most will take.

Besides this:

 

I have a recycling center right down the road from me.

I just say "I got some old electronics here" and they point to a dumpster and I toss them in.

They take care of the rest.

 

Pretty easy for me.

 

lol

[Sam Z Man]

Your Intros are fucking gold.

[nicklmg]

I want to try out the true key thing but it currently doesn't support firefox , but for some reason it supports IE already??

I know Intel has been working closely with Microsoft on quite a few fronts lately, so it may have something to do with that partnership.

Totally uninformed on that topic though, just speculation on my part.