Q: We must be the last family in America without an HDTV. We’ve gotten along fairly well using an ancient 26-inch console television (much to the horror of our friends). But we are now ready to move ...

Eli Freedman makes no bones about it. He's a high-tech junkman and he's proud of the title. Actually, he's vice president of operations for Hi-Tech Recycling Canada, a computer and electronics ...

Obsolete computers, televisions, VCRs and cell phones are flooding landfills and incinerators, causing hazardous substances such as lead and mercury to seep into the environment. Now, the ...

The company, which started out mining mainframe computers, makes money from the useful materials it can pull out of the junk. It annually recycles enough steel to make two billion nails and enough ...

Electronic scrap yards also have junk computers that you can take parts from, free of charge. Be sure to look for old servers and mainframes from businesses, as they contain multiple hard drives, ...