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Repair your Electronics or Dispose Properly

Most people don't really consider what they should do with their electronics once they go bad. Your microwave, cell phone, computer, television and so on all contain harmful waste. In fact, while ewaste only occupies 3 percent of the landfills, it makes up 70 percent of the toxic waste. This toxic junk seeps into our soils, gets into our waters and is very very bad.

Generally speaking, this is a good place to look to see what to do with electronics that are no longer useful.

But one thing beyond that is consider do-it-yourself repairs. Or if you can't figure out how to repair what could be a quality electronic items, have someone repair it.

Services are popping up all over that can be real money savers. Some fixes like iPhone repair and more specifically iPhone screen repair are very popular.

In the past a broken screen would mean trash. But now, there is value. These companies will buy the broken item from you broken or fix it and send it back for a fee. Just one good thing that came from a lagging economy and growing environmentally conscious society.

So if your favorite item breaks, do a Google search and you'll see there could still be value.