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Further Reading on Home Electronics
In addition to TreeHugger and Planet Green, other organizations have put together resources that may be helpful as you continue to green your life.
HowStuffWorks has loads of resources on electronics, including the advantages of refurbished electronics and where to recycle electronics when you're done with them.
Apple Computer’s electronics recycling site and advice on optimizing battery performance.
Hewlett Packard’s recycling homepage.
EPEAT is an attempt to certify green electronics.
WorldChanging talks about “bright green” computers of the future (and why computers use so much energy now).
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s site on electronic recycling.
See if someone in your community can use your old electronics by placing them on Freecycle.
Or try to sell your electronics on a community hub such as Craigslist.
Green Batteries has loads of intelligible info on rechargeable batteries.
Batteries in a Portable World: A Handbook on Rechargeable Batteries for Non-Engineers.
Wikipedia’s pages on lithium-ion batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries, and rechargeable batteries in general are, of course, invaluable.
BatteryUniversity.com walks readers through the ins and outs of battery tech from beginner to advanced
For questions and answers about iPod battery issues, go to iPodBatteryFAQ.com
The US government’s Energy Star homepage.
myGreenElectronics lets you search electronics recycling resources by zip code.
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