Laptops and computers are like anything technological: prone to failure. After a few years of hard graft, your handy laptop will eventually bite the dust and it’ll be time to replace it. The problem may be caused by a software or hardware glitch, but the end result is always the same. Technology is temporary.
However, this does immediately present a puzzling conundrum: what to do with the old laptop? Rather than having it sit around your attic gathering dust until you eventually cave to inevitability and throw it in the trash, why not dabble a finger in laptop recycling? Not only do you stand to make a few dollars, but you’ll be doing the world a favor
First and foremost, it’s good for the environment.
Just throwing a laptop away is a waste of useful products; while the laptop itself may have ceased to function as a whole, that doesn’t mean the component parts are useless. Your screen may come in handy for someone else, or the hard-drive may make a suitable substitute for someone’s cheap computer. So to laptop recycle, begin by cataloguing what does work on the laptop and may be of interest in terms of spare parts for other people with the same laptop.
The older your laptop is, the more use it potentially has as spares. As manufacturers stop producing certain makes of laptop, it can be difficult for ongoing users to find spares to fix minor faults in their own machines. Laptop recycling is one area where having an older, less advanced machine is actually an advantage!