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how many dusty old laptops cell phones and digital cameras do you have laying around get rid of the dead weight and put your old electronics to good use here's how first recycle the broken stuff so what do you do if you've got something so broken and so old that nobody else will take it well electronics have a lot of toxic chemicals in them so you never want to just throw them away instead you want to find a local e-waste recycling facility in your area you want to take your products there in the San Francisco area for example we have green citizen green citizen collects 2 million pounds of e-waste every year people drop off anything and everything technicians refurbished some electronics to resell on eBay but other items are stripped for parts businesses also use green citizen services ok so this is a hard drive that one of green citizens business customers once destroyed for safety reasons right yeah so how are you gonna destroy us so essentially the whole process takes about 30 seconds it's not gonna take that long I'm gonna turn on the machine put it in press that one button hmm down it goes I'm gonna turn it off all right well then that would be a damage here this is pretty so it looks like there's this whole chunk missing from the back I'll dig quite puncture through it but there's no way anybody's getting information off of this use sites like you sell by my Tronics and gazelle the cell working gadgets don't forget about eBay and Craigslist too another thing you can do is sell your electronics in person for example smartphones tablets and mp3 players I'm here at the ecoATM they're around in malls across America and this is Ryan cooter accused the director of marketing for ecoATM can you walk me through this process of selling your smartphone tablet or mp3 player sure it's really simple you bring your phone you place it in the ecoATM the machine determines what kind of phone you have and what condition it's in for example this one's got a cracked screen you got a cracked up iPhone 4s here it determines what about what condition the phone is in and then it pays you cash on the spot for that phone even old broken and completely bed phones will get you at least $1.00 we accept over 4000 different types of devices naturally the newer smartphones are going to be worth more than your older flip phones but if we can determine that it's a phone we'll take it some retail stores like Best Buy for example will let you trade in your gently used electronics in exchange for store credit or you can also just recycle all the bits and pieces these kiosks every Best Buy has a collection bin for batteries bags cables and remotes but you can even trade in your video games for a little touching blue I like to trade this in all right you'll get more money of course for products that are in better condition it's like we got no water damage here so let's see so for this fear foam with the condition you looking to be a $150 best I get partners great you can walk away with cash if you have your original fest buy receipt otherwise you'll be getting a gift card you can also donate used electronics to charity turn to nonprofits like Hope phones and keep an eye out for collection drives at your local shelter or VA hospital for CNET I'm Jessica Dahl course you