If you have old electronics sitting around your home, you may be able to recycle them for cash for the precious metals they contain. However, the quantities are small, so it usually makes sense if you ...

Gold has properties that make it useful in electronic devices, but mining old cell phones and computers for the metal isn't ...

Seriously, just take it to Best Buy or Staples. They'll take your old laptops, printers, and other tech junk off your hands for free. Some places will even give you a gift card for your trouble. It's ...

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Update July 3 12:10PM ET: This article was originally published on April 23, 2018 and has been updated to include video. There's 80 times as much gold in one ton of cellphones as there is in a gold ...