It's weirdly difficult to get rid of old laptops, desktops and printers sitting around your house -- even when it's been over a decade since you last plugged them in. But recycling old tech is easier ...

Most people don't throw away old electronics --they relocate them. The laptop goes from the desk to the closet, the closet to a storage bin, the bin to the garage, where it joins a growing collection ...

When a computer reaches the end of its useful life, should it sit in its owner's basement, go into the garbage or be recycled? In trying to solve that problem, state lawmakers and environmentalists ...