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  2 0 One other possible idea not mentioned here is to take the batteries out and add it to a toybox (your kids or someone else's). If young children have their own electronics to play with, they're less likely to want to play with yours. It doesn't need to function...they just like having it as a prop. (obviously not for age groups who drool and like to put things in their mouths) Sacrelicious answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 iI don't know about the ipod but when I worked for a cell phone company we used to tell people to donate them to battered women's shelters. Even without a plan (and I think even without a SIM card) it can still dial 911. Arkham answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Take it to any cell phone store...they usually accept them for recycling. I know Verizon and T-Mobile do. idolmind80 answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Does it work? Is the iPod a touch screen? If so, then donate it to the blind. iPod touch or iPhones have built in text 2 speech options that allow blind people to navigate the menu screens. These accessibility options cost alot of money on non-apple devices. If it works and has a touch screen, find a local charity (lighthouse for the blind) that supports the blind and donate it. Its like giving a 6 year old cancer kid an xbox 360 & a dozen games. Sure you can recycle them at any store, but if it works, they'll probably sell it. If they do recycle it, theres a chance the parts are shipped to some landfill in Africa where 8 year old kids burn all the plastic to get to the metal and make money off the salvage. Russ answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 At this time, there is no such thing as "too old to refurb" with iPods. Check Powermax.com or go to the Mac Store (NOT the Apple store, it's different! www.macstore.com) in the U-district (on NE 45th street, about 20 yards from I-5) and you may even be able to get a few bucks in store credit. Typographer answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Best Buy recycles nearly all electronics for free, even stuff not from their store. Kip Waddle answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by Laura Wolf… 0 0 Thank you! I took my stuff in and they took it all, old charging cords and everything. I would never have thought to go there and it was super easy. And free. Laura Wolf commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Check out this county website on their "Take it Back Network" http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/takeitback/electronics/ decidedlyodd answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 RE·PC is a signer of the Electronic Recycler's Pledge, a member of the TAKE IT BACK! Network and a collector for E-Cycle Washington.  here's a map Jim answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 http://www.gazelle.com/ Gazelle is a good site for that. It looks kind of sketch, but I used it before and got $30 for my bricked 1st gen iPhone last summer. If they can't offer you money for the phone, they will recycle it free of charge -- win/win. Danielle Booth answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 There are numerous charities that take cell phones for recycling or reuse for soldiers and battered womens shelters. But as it looks like you are just looking to get them to a drop off point for recycling, I found this search engine/database to locate those closest to you: http://www.call2recycle.org/drop-off-your-old-batteries.php?c=1&d=486&w=9100&r=Y Russ Campbell, NWEBS answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 The Ballard Windermere Real Estate office is holding a free electronics recycling event this Saturday Jan-14. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. bring your unwanted electronics to 2636 NW Market St from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Many items will be collected including computers, televisions, stereos, cell phones, cameras, batteries and washers/dryers, to just name a few. Microwaves, Styrofoam and kitchen appliances will not be accepted. The event is being put on by Ballard Windermere and SBK Recycling. Bryant Becker answered in Science & Technology 4 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 The Ballard Windermere Real Estate office is holding a free electronics recycling event this Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. bring your unwanted electronics to 2636 NW Market St from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Many items will be collected including computers, televisions, stereos, cell phones, cameras, batteries and washers/dryers, to just name a few. Microwaves, Styrofoam and kitchen appliances will not be accepted. The event is being put on by Ballard Windermere and SBK Recycling. http://www.windermere.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=agentOffice.LookupAgentResultsByOffice&officeID=60 Ginger Twinkle answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 you can get cash and reward points at www.youchange.com where they refurbish and resell and/or responsibly recycle your old gadgets. jaafar answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence accepts used cell phones, and you can print off a label to mail it in for free here: http://www.ncadv.org/takeaction/DonateaPhone.php JenH answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 They will take your cell phone at InterConnection (http://computers.interconnection.org/)and I believe they will also take your old ipod. InterConnection is an awesome place not only for their recycling, but also their refurbishing program that helps local and global non profit organizations. Lila Vati answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Freecycle (www.freecycle.org), they do have a couple local chapters. Alva Godfrey answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 For general education on this subject, check out the Basel Action Network and its report: http://www.ban.org/E-Waste/technotrashfinalcomp.pdf Also Tom Knudson's series of reports last summer and fall in the Sacramento Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/18/v-print/2897588/washington-state-makes-industry.html http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/18/v-print/2897609/californias-pioneering-e-waste.html http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/21/v-print/2903595/e-waste-program-ripe-for-e-abuse.html http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/06/v-print/2940966/californias-e-waste-fraud-unit.html http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/28/v-print/3216070/california-recyclers-find-market.html rob! answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I don't know about the present, but when I worked there, Radioshack would take old electronics and give you store credit on a gift-card. Victoria De Capua answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Here in "the other Washington," Target stores actually have recycling bins for cell phones and MP3 players. I can't help but wonder if employees rummage around for "treats," but whatever, right? Peteykins answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 The iPod can be dropped off at any Apple Store location - Apple recycles old iPods, iPhones, and computers for free (after getting bad PR a couple years ago regarding their environmental practices). chrisrnps answered in Science & Technology about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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