Recycling Your Electronics - What you Need to Know

How can you recycle your old electronics, and why should you do it?
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[@edwardrising6032]

Hey, only had time to watch the first 40 seconds. Thanks for the recycling advice!!

[@TheCanadianWelder]

Lmao

[@mihinkarunaratne]

This really should have more likes

[@prathameshkadam4181]

Underrated!!

[@dexter111344]

Make sure to say "omm" as much as possible.

[@rkb6783]

You got a minute? To Spare... next time. Think up a better lie ! I.E. EXCUSE.

[@SavioureG]

As someone who studied waste management it warms my heart to hear Linus and his team support sustainable disposal of waste and understand the dangers landfilling electronic wastes :)

[@ricardocampos6517]

So what should we do?

[@SirCrest]

LinusFuneralTips

[@ricodelburrito7852]

Lolololololololol

[@SirCrest]

***** WOW that sounds awesome. I CANT WAIT TO WATCH THAT SOMETIME IN 100years

[@Syncbuzz]

+Kay V You're not welcome

[@Syncbuzz]

Just report him

[@afrohead2192]

+SirCrest Nice one

[@chapinero017]

u guys wear jeans and a T-shirt to a funeral? The disrespect is real... i bet if it was an Asus mobo, it would be a diff story.

[@zoNECS96]

+Soariny Boy They're HEAVILY not biased to any company*

[@willxu6581]

+Soariny Boy Asus makes Intel boards... Intel makes processors...Asus makes the mobo

[@Qezelbas]

+Will Xu that specific MB was INTEL made

[@fivetwelve7928]

+Will Xu that was an Intel server board

[@H40XKM]

+chapinero017 the only disrespectful about the funeral are SOCKS IN SANDALS

[@lewiskelly5644]

the beginning was the saddest thing ive ever seen on youtube ;(

[@ExtremeTaco]

Comment posted 1 hour ago, seems legit

[@stringypond53]

Wtf posted 1 hour ago?

[@timbroslice]

Like if u cried

[@ricodelburrito7852]

+stringypond53 he probably changed the time and date settings

[@liveinchange7058]

+Taco San seems like _someone_ got the link to the unlisted video. O.o

[@BigDippas]

I work for a company on the US east coast who take in electronic waste from mostly business and the occasional home users. it's good to see you spreading the same message we do. I'm also super into your Canadian system for doing what we do. thanks for the informative video, for both security and environmental reasons.

[@Trolleyfox]

I'm getting this comment in early as I hope people will read it. Many people in Australia would greatly appreciate an Australian Amazon affiliate code and possibly if maybe just Linus or anyone or even everyone from the Linus Media Group could come down under to Brisbane/Sydney and maybe do a talk and signing. I know this is unlikely but it would mean allot to me and a many other people in Australia. Just remember We love you all to!

[@alexkonakov1142]

+Trolleyfox i know how you feel, I'm in australia too :(

[@mretai123]

+Trolleyfox Wooh australia lol We want dennis :D

[@Apansyy]

+Trolleyfox Amazon Australia sells jack all though.. :(

[@muhk5163]

+Apansyy Amazon AU only sells books

[@legendaryone66]

+Trolleyfox Brisbane/Sydney Nah Come down to Tasmania we never get anything :(

[@nikolasines]

Recycling X79 motherboards? I expected some really old hardware

[@EvilNeuro]

LMFAO I am on my second day doing this in a warehouse and the first day there was this gargantuan pc and it had a f-ing water cooler (I think it was a water cooler)

[@NeonYukon]

RIP Motherboard.... All 3 of them, lmao

[@svenhoek]

+EvilCatNip yep -remember the "Linus is Butthurt" response on part two of that video series? A LMG classic.

[@sphinx2k210]

+EvilCatNip he so wrecked those boards with that heatsink malarky... all three of them.

[@MeTooHigh]

+EvilCatNip They didnt deserve to go the way they did. They had so much life left in them :.(

[@abdulhkeem.alhadhrami]

+EvilCatNip R.I.P

[@svenhoek]

36thgallardo a new "Butthurt Linus"meme about to sprout?

[@DasVERMiT]

I want the magnets out of those dead hard drives.

[@fatgoit]

+DasVERMiT its not just me that keeps the magnets and plates from hdd's then

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

+fatgoit i do it too ! Best maganets ever !

[@randomaccount53793]

Neodymium magnets are super cool (how do they work!). They break easily though when you try harvest them. :/

[@cmb6062]

+fatgoit i take magnets from dead speakers

[@intensitydigital]

+DasVERMiT ball bearings and motors too

[@weskoerber5909]

Linus give your old electronics to me

[@senopaticahyo7669]

yes please

[@senopaticahyo7669]

maybe not worth for Linus: ultimate value pc

[@RandallCheek]

+wes koerber thats right.. me 2 please !!!

[@kzhkbeta]

give me also

[@remus2226]

+wes koerber Me 7.

[@anatronixcomputers1878]

This is the blast from the past

[@BenKuyt64]

Most Best Buys these days are recycling centers. They have some kind of e-cycle bin when you come in through the front door usually, or even ask someone working there. Everything from batteries to phones to computers can be recycled, too.

[@gradeaplanb]

no no no if a hard drive still works I'll still use it

[@jacobs9318]

+Superdoge Boot and nuke methods re-write random data to prevent any data you don't want to be recovered

[@jacobs9318]

Billy Glen Yes it would, easily, couldn't even fit 1GB of data on a disc back in those days.

[@quadrplax]

+Jed Amundson As long as you have backups you're fine

[@GlycerinZ]

+Billy Glen A 2GB hard drive can easily handle WIN98. Can easily handle WIN2000.

[@GlycerinZ]

+Jed Amundson You don't actually trust all your data to one storage device, do you?

[@theguyordie]

Looks like i'll be redigging up my back yard...

[@Maximilianguyen]

Hi Rio

[@28g75]

Hello

[@bdbxbxbbxbxbx4648]

Bruh im dead asf lmaoo

[@squelchedotter]

Side note about the sponsor: Fingerprints and your face should never be used as a Password. Ever. Both are public and can simply be photographed and then reproduced. Yes, even your Fingerprints. The Chaos Computer Club has done some phenomenal work in this area

[@squelchedotter]

+ATschTheCube blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user-names-not.html

[@timothy9958]

wtf luke? sandals with no socks? it's like asking for dirty feet.

[@Syncbuzz]

I don't know what streets you walk on...

[@raintrain9921]

I know right, he's not wearing the company uniform

[@mahmoudbitar6571]

+Timoþe Holmes i hate who wear socks with sandals .. looks really stupid

[@tsnorquist]

Who the fuck wears socks with sandals? I'm guessing the same people who wear socks while having sex. Weirdos....

[@philnguyen712]

+tsnorquist I've seen some guys wear socks with sandals at cal state fullerton lol, I was thinking maybe they dont want their feet to smell in class but that's probably not the main reason why...

[@crazyinsane500]

*A day in the LinusTechTips office* "What's this, a Geforce Titan GTX Black? Oh, that's old. Better throw it out!"

[@mylittleparody2277]

7 years ago... Welp, it shows. But the advice still stands.

[@joshuajerrick]

Reduce Reuse Recycle. Saves you money and keeps our world clean. Great video Linus and team.

[@Zorbo88]

If you live in Australia and close to an Officeworks store, they'll take your old e-waste (as well as empty ink/toner) for you.

[@muhk5163]

YESSS

[@blakesmith4308]

straya

[@Sphyx-]

+Blake Smith burnt out commodores all day

[@blakesmith4308]

+Levi Neave take my commodore and do some full sick burnouts in the maccas carpark bro

[@Sphyx-]

Or at woollies bruh

[@pdraggy]

lol came from the 1030 video shot in 2023... gone back to 2016, thanks Linus!

[@Hamjr193]

"Free Geek will be closed Tuesday, October 13 for Thanksgiving" Since when was thanksgiving anywhere NEAR October 13th?

[@LinusTechTips]

Because Canada!

[@williamine]

+BlastoiseTurtle Canadian Thanksgiving is on the 13th

[@Matt3DMaker]

Fake account, Linus should be flattered :')

[@Hamjr193]

LinusTechTips oh i didnt know about that

[@taylorbledsoe6090]

+LinusTechTips I feel like people are completely blind to the little Verified checkmark as well as the fact that they can click on the name and see it's the right channel...not a fake account.

[@halfcraftgamer6640]

The intro is incredible even all these years later

[@LazerLord10]

Holy low-contrast batman!

[@shin-ishikiri-no]

lol

[@jippalippa]

I usually collect my old electronics and make silly sculptures with them (nothing fancy...i mostly just glue them together). I know it's rather odd, but i love the look of electronic components. By the way amazing video! Great job! :)

[@SignalJones]

Linus sent me here from 7 years in the future.

[@olevaar]

Surprised you didn't mention coltan. As far as raw materials go, this is the one we *really* want to recycle. Coltan is used in capacitors, and the mining of this ore has been used to finance some horrible conflicts, notably the Ituri conflict in Congo.

[@tcpnetworks]

okay. Watched it..

[@Sapphiewolf]

My local high school had a computer science course, where upon completing the three classes, a person could become A+ certified. I took my old PC, which had ME, and disassembled the hard drive, to look at the parts, then took in the case, with all the parts, and donated it to that program.

[@dashergaming3943]

First 5 seconds into the video and I finally know how to recycle tech. Great video, got to the point very quickly.

[@hodge-podgegaming2048]

Thanks for this! Very useful info. Maybe you guys could do a "how to ship your PC" video? It would be really nice to know how to package a built PC in a box, which parts to take out and ship separately, etc.

[@KokoReko2]

Yep, production values did go up.

[@Republic3D]

Here in Norway you pay a small fee when you purchase electronics, typically equalent of $2-3 USD. But that means all stores that sells electronics have to take old electronics back as well. So most electronics shops have a large container in the back where you can deliver used electronics, no matter if you bought it at that shop or not. And we have several companies that purchase used mobile phones, broken or functional.

[@chainedenintenloup]

Yep, reuse is always good. My 386sx at 25mhz is still running and going strong. Longer than what your new things are gonna last.

[@DioOmicida]

Not your typical tech video but was just as informative as ever.

[@SevernFyre]

Can you UPDATE this video. And can you include the different ways in both Canada and the US.

[@Lambda_Ovine]

Finally a tech channel that address this VERY IMPORTANT topic.

[@ricodelburrito7852]

Still better love intro than twilight

[@brendanshepherd2802]

I loved the start bit when Linus was trying to hold back laughing whilst 'um-ing'

[@xan1242]

2:01 I'm actually watching this on that very same model of a CRT monitor.

[@MeMyselfAndKgore]

this video is surprisingly significant and should be a public service video

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

I probably have like 3 full computers in my room. Thanks to you I can now discard them appropriately.

[@StapledFish]

After that video explaining that the fancy pixel color gadget doodiddly thathelps you set your colors and contrast perfectly.... What the hell happened in this episode? Did someone just decide "nah, it's not bright enough, just put the brightness to 10"?

[@G4M5T3R]

+FrostbyteDelta "some people contribute money for this shit to be avoided."

[@ThoughtfulThug]

+FrostbyteDelta Sounds like a plausible theory. There is a lot shenanigans going on in that building. So I wouldn't be surprised if that was true.

[@userPrehistoricman]

+Stapled Fish What are you talking about? That device was for calibrating monitors...

[@StapledFish]

Prehistoricman Yes calibrating monitors so their video colors, contrast and brightness could be perfect...

[@timthiger5103]

I would really like if you could make a series where you explain different computer problems and tell a possible solution.

[@xxrobohorse64xx]

linius be like lets recycal all of thses 980t TI's and i7 6700k's that we have laying around there!

[@christhefro2844]

The intro already disserves my like and subscribe.

[@Aracore]

Time this had an update, a remake and a re-release as I am sure tech and processing have moved on in 7 years.

[@Lilrockerdude13]

Our business does a contract recycle with a good sir that does everything but Printers and CRTs but we have a friend that owns another local shop that takes care of the rest. Pretty much our guys take huge bulk say about 1000 gallon containers at a time. Awesome way to get rid of those Pentium 4 Dells that were so darn popular back when. Have also heard that our recycle center in South Texas will pay about $1000 for a 5 gallon paint bucket worth of CPUs. Always good to recycle your old items.

[@TheMineBombSquad]

i like this channel but lets be honest linuses idea of "Budget" is a titan x

[@joefederico1501]

True

[@theno-voicegamer6859]

or a gtx 1080

[@Thanoric]

No, no it is not. While he does like to showcase the new cutting edge, if your on a budget look for his $600 build videos or similar stuff. Or you know, take the knowledge and look for your own parts and make your own opinions.

[@dustinc2561]

In my area we hare a electronics recycling store that u can take any old electronics to drop off and they either fix it or dispose of if correctly they even have open bins so u can take it in any time.

[@gamerjetic4101]

sell it as untested on ebay lol

[@PainedPete]

Respect to all at Linus for doing a different type of vid.... Nice to see !

[@oritemis]

No, no the motherboards didn't died spontaneously, they died because of the back plate you were using, as we all said.

[@MarioDragon]

+Rodrigo Marques I think Linus owned most of the naysayers in the newer router video, actually

[@oritemis]

No way, everybody said that back plate was shorting and he wasted 3 MOBO saying he isn't until he admitted he was wrong.

[@UnrealOG137]

+Rodrigo Marques The backplate killed them because of too much pressure.

[@oritemis]

CreeperCraft137 that's what Linus said...

[@Omnilatent]

+Rodrigo Marques Didn't he say he fried the board because he used a power supplying 4 pin into one of the fan connectors?

[@ReillyPerovich]

hey a tip to free geek! thanks linus, great to see big guys like you shouting out the little guys doing good. (I help out there a lot /// that may be why my profile photo is the break room)

[@charliemyrick]

The main shot of linus looks a little undersaturated....

[@ThatGenericCanadian]

I immensely enjoyed the Ghosts n' Stuff piano cover at the start!

[@nuongwx]

True story: A lots people need your 'junk " :)

[@austindillard8936]

this is good information, a lot of people don't recycle these parts because they don't know how or where to take it.

[@insomniac-afk]

Last time i came this early my girlfriend dumped me..

[@XGamingStormX]

fuck you xur and your legacy engrams

[@MrMeddyman]

+Xûr Early worm gets the bird

[@DM-iw3eh]

+Xûr Last time came to see this shitty yotube copy paste comment my brain got cancer

[@insomniac-afk]

iCE sAur Daniel Moran I got cancer from your MLP picture...

[@brodband37]

+Xûr Destiny on LTT? yay!

[@xavierlim3870]

Ok, I gotta agree, thats the best intro ever!

[@h7oslo]

Yes, recycling is a good thing, Linus, especially for those excessive consumers devoted to more is better philosophy. Hope your presentation helps a bit to slow down opulent lifestyles and extravagant spending on products and the processes used to produce them which introduce many toxic compounds to the environment. rc.

[@drcyb3r]

4:19 Here in Germany it is really common that stores have such containers for lamps and batteries. We have a law that every company that sells electric goods has to take the same kind of stuff back for free. Maybe IKEA just uses the same concept in the US and Canada too. Big stores that sell washing machines or fridges have to take the old ones back for free too. Otherwise we have recycling centers or scrapyards that are all certified for special treatment of those goods.

[@cantcollin]

DISCARD THE WHOLE VIDEO THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS GIVE ALLL OF YOUR OLD STUFF TO ME

[@literallyablackscreen7955]

Zerios YT I'm trying to get some old tech but this Linus guy keeps throwing it out seriously I want the old parts new ones are way too expensive 4 me

[@mbk0mbk]

I am in too for the planet for the legend for the tinkerers

[@martinenglish6641]

My city also has recycled pickup of paper, plastic, glass, and metal items with garbage pickup funded threw the water and sewer bill. I sell to recycle like aluminum and copper and even steel. And I compost so my garbage that goes to the landfill or incinerator id very little. Yard waste is also picked up to make mulch that is free to pick up at the landfill yard. Broken glass can be picked up or dropped off in a special bin to not pose a threat to sanitation workers. :) Good video!

[@ecash00]

I rebuild old systems into Linux boxes with games for Other people..

[@afrohead2192]

+Ed ash Nice!

[@ecash00]

tHE ONLY PROBLEM, I have is when I got a REAL piece of garbage, and whee to get rid of it.. I just gave to salvation, 3 Zip drive and LOTS of dicks.. No one wants the Old monitors, even the good ones..

[@Daviljoe193]

+Diego Campos _You sure about that?_

[@calipanhead]

+Ed ash 10/10 best typo NA

[@Mr.Unacceptable]

+Ed ash I found repairing dual core and quad core laptops worth while. The last 20 I did just needed new drives,ram sticks, PSU,WiFi dongle or battery and a cleaning. They all fired up like new and are still running for a bunch of kids. With ebay parts they were all around $100 to fix. Trouble is getting the laptops. They trickle in but a big demand for a cheap laptop.

[@BannedForever]

We have a place in town called a computer bank and you can just donate old electronics and volunteers pull them apart for the valuables or refurbish them, I did work experience there :)

[@la-li-lule-lo6339]

Bring it to a crackhouse, those souls find a market for everything.

[@sgt.mikebaran7105]

I Got $20 For Head

[@Hhuespe]

Also buying used or refurbished electronics. Most of the time items are in excellent condition and are fast enough for light tasks. Cellphones from 2012 onwards are capable enough for everything except maybe heavy gaming. An used LG G2 Verizon goes for 80$ and it's fullHD, 2GB RAM and quad core processor, and the battery last almost a day.

[@Ze-Germanzuk]

Just take it to the dump and put it in the electronics bin.

[@network_king]

If you're in the US Sims recycling solutions and iron mountain also do this stuff. Generally they are more business geared as they will bring a truck and fill it.

[@GuardianLords]

The fuck, you have to pay to give them your electronics?

[@jacksonlefteye]

+GuardianLords think about taking a motherboard apart and only retrieving what's worth saving, most of the time it's only worth disassembling for the sake of the environment and there's no profit to be made from it i actually laughed when he mentioned "the gold from contacts", there's so little there (.001" plating at best) that it's not even worth doing

[@SleepsDude]

There's a pc store near me that does it for free

[@feelingtardy]

+GuardianLords i think you can drop it off at bestbuy, in america at least. free.

[@airbomb34]

its even more ridiculous when you find out these places make mega bucks from the materials they salvage.

[@LuisCaneSec]

I work at a place where people and businesses can donate old electronics (they do charge for CRT monitors and TVs). Good stuff gets refurbished and distributed to their stores while bad stuff gets broken down and recycled. It's a non-profit E-steward and R2 certified organization. We refurbish computers from higher end Pentiums up to i7s (if we get them).

[@mrLittleblocks]

The kids in Africa could have eaten those motherboards ...

[@retrogamerxo7603]

That joke is old and over used.

[@turborooster8548]

Joshua Cowap lol

[@MrMoon-hy6pn]

How insensitive

[@jasesmith2457]

I always enjoy your little bits

[@jerri0401]

average american is like: what do i care about environment? lets burn it in the backyard.

[@StoneAgedGaming]

We burn everything in the back yard. I live in Ohio, and a few family members who live in Texas burn more then we do. We just stock pile up oil, branches, cardboard, ect.

[@jerri0401]

***** i live in germany

[@thephoenix134]

+StarFloGaming I live in NC and burnin your garbage is great fun :)

[@DarthRevan961]

I live in California and I'm pretty sure burning our trash is illegal here.

[@thephoenix134]

everythings illegal in America's nanny state.

[@petermarshall3519]

watching this from my new gaming pc all thanks to you guys! love your stuff.

[@TheRevWillNotBeTelevised]

FYI if you live in the EU and your computer equipment was made after 2005, it is the responsibility of the manufacturer to recycle it. This usually means you can take it to any retailer that sells that equipment for recycling free of charge. It also covers large/small household appliances, electrical and electronic tools, batteries, toys and sports equipment etc etc.

[@JCFranco]

I can totally picture Linus waking up in the middle of the night with a video idea. LMFAO! Love your videos and just wanted to send my appreciation from drought stricken Southern California. I just updated the fans on my gaming rig to Noctuas and I must thank you for your video on these fans as they are worth the money. My rig now is running at 27c on Iddle as opposed to 40c before the switch. Love it!

[@LegionOfEclaires]

That intro made me smile!

[@barzinimongo]

In my country we have the return stations and outside electronic shops where we can deliver electronics and washers and fridges for free, just dump it outside or in a container and they do the rest, they only ship it to another place where they take care of it, but for us its free and easy to just put it somewhere.

[@TheScania1991]

In our village there's a public accessable landfill for gardening garbage, old furniture, recycling paper and even a large bin for old electronics. Everything is for free apart from TV's. Monitors and fridges. But you just pay 6 bucks at our town hall per device and then you are allowed to dispose it there. The money they get from recyling the electronics is used for getting those bins. So no profit is made. My dad keeps recycling serious, we even have a spare trash can where he puts aluminum and stuff in there. When its full, we bring it to the big recycling company in the next town and get around 40 bucks for it. May npt sound like much, but still, its money :D

[@Spinal2111]

Most big electronics stores (IE Best Buy and prob Staples) have a free recycle program, surprised you didn't mention that Linus.

[@stephens2984]

i reuse the old ribbon cables in place of gardening twine for supporting my tomatoes for instance. you can separate the ribbon into as many strands as required for the particular job. better than going in the bin.

[@sinswithin]

Can anyone explain how the heck I went from watching a couple of videos for INFO on NCIX featuring Linus, to going onto his channel for tons of info on stuff I might not ever use to now even watching their superfun content? Linus and crew why are you so magical?

[@davidtimm567]

In my town, there's a little warehouse with a shed outside of it. People can go and drop off used old computers and devices in the shed to be recycled. There's a bunch of cameras all around and inside of the shed, as it's for dropping off junk, not picking up other people's junk. Most people in my town have no idea such a place exists, I only know because my father took me with him to help unload older dell optiplexes that had no HDD's or RAM left in them that his work didn't need any more.

[@MsAkiman]

they should do more on this stuff

[@Ralph5575]

i love that ladder in the background

[@abhay6447]

The Intro was fantastic ..

[@Pastafari4]

Here in Norway we have drop of points for like batteries in most general stores, mostly close to the can and bottle recycling machine thing

[@tassodemo2316]

I had to watch this in comp sci for my hardware test. But it was Linus, so I made sure to watch the video.

[@DerpDerpDerpDerp]

In Norway, it is mandatory for retailers to serve as a free return point as well for the products they sell.

[@robclark8856]

Where I live, the local landfill charges 43 cents (US) per pound for electronics recycling. Most of the local people who take things for free won't accept CRT's. The landfill will accept those, but at 43 cents per pound, that can get expensive.

[@huynhtranhung]

Very creative, that is why we love Linus and his crews.

[@JonasSchewelius]

that intro made me cry... Oakly shades, socks+sandals combo and that posture..

[@Corristo89]

Our company disposes of a lot of e-waste (computers, laptops, smartphones, servers, etc.), which we bring to a recycling center. I usually sift through the e-waste a day or two before, check what is working and what isn't and take the working and still usable "e-waste" with me to spruce it up and sell. From the non-working e-waste I remove components (RAM, CPU, expansion cards, even laptop screens, etc.) and sell them on eBay. Our company still gets rid of the e-waste, I save working components from being destroyed, make a tidy profit and others get working hardware for a low price. And nothing is wasted.

[@QronoZ713]

Great video! Love that you care for the enviroment!

[@quinntu]

Love the slowed down more ghosts and stuff piano cover in the beginning

[@Maribel80ify]

You can also salvage parts for DIY electronics projects. I didn't hear that get mentioned.

[@JeffreyRemick]

We have 3 or 4 old/slow laptops that we've been waiting to dispose of. Paranoid about the hard drives being reused / info stolen when recycling. I know... probably could just wipe a giant magnet over them. Also considering reusing the screens for some DIY photography projects. Anyway... rambling on. Great videos, been watching you a lot lately! Cheers.