This story has been updated with statements from Microsoft and additional information about how refurbishers obtain restore disks. A California man who built a sizable business out of recycling ...

Eric Lundgren is obsessed with recycling electronics. He built an electric car out of recycled parts that far outdistanced a Tesla in a test. He launched what he thinks is the first “electronic hybrid ...

It’s time for a faster, better computer, so what do you do with the old one? If you recycle it, will your data be available to scavengers? Once you have moved your valued files to your new computer, ...

MONTANA CITY — The crunch of a shredding hard drive filled a warehouse as an old computer tower completed another step on its journey from gathering dust on a garage shelf to becoming components for a ...