Only 20% of consumers say they recycle their old phones, while 8% still throw them in the trash. Another 26% say they are not ...

The smartphone may prove to be the most enduring symbol of modern human invention. The microcomputers are now portals to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Peter Dazeley / Getty Images Have a drawer overflowing with obsolete electronics and no clue what to do with them? You’re ...

I’ve had my current cellphone for less than two years, but I’m already getting weekly texts from my carrier with offers to upgrade it. Some people love to have the latest and greatest features, while ...

Empty out some drawers and closets, and chances are you will find an old device collecting dust. This Earth Day, there are a ...

In the days of AT&T’s century-long monopoly, people sometimes kept the same phone for a lifetime. These days, users upgrade constantly and relegate old phones to desk drawers — or the trash bin. They ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Private Equity Week) - Mark Bowles said the idea behind ecoATM was born at a coffee shop. At a Starbucks in Del Mar, California, located north of San Diego, Bowles would routinely meet ...

ReCellular Inc., is accelerating the reuse and recycling of used personal electronics with the addition of 30,000 more drop off recycling locations in the United States and expanding into Latin ...

Miramar, Fla.-based cell phone recycler GRC Wireless Recycling has announced that it recycled more than 530,000 cell phones during the first quarter of 2008. GRC Wireless recycles cell phones for ...

When the latest upgrades come in, old and unused electronics like cell phones and laptops end up out of sight and out of mind. Whether they’re kept in a drawer or thrown away in regular trash bins, ...