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What you should do with all of your old electronics
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Jan 6, 2016
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What you should do with all of your old electronics
There are a bunch of new gadgets on display at CES, but when you've got a bunch of old electronics sitting around what should you do with them?
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 04: InBody displays the first wearable fitness tracker and body composition analyzer during a press event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for the 2015 International CES on January 4, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to sleep tracking and heart rate measurements, the unit measures body fat percentage, total muscle mass, body fat mass and basal metabolic rate (BMR). CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 6-9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 04: InBody displays the first wearable fitness tracker and body composition analyzer during a press event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for the 2015 International CES on January 4, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to sleep tracking and heart rate measurements, the unit measures body fat percentage, total muscle mass, body fat mass and basal metabolic rate (BMR). CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 6-9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees.
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There are a bunch of new gadgets on display at CES, but when you've got a bunch of old electronics sitting around what should you do with them?

Today is the first official day of the behemoth annual gadget convention in Las Vegas known as the Consumer Electronics Show. There are all sorts of new gadgets on display, but after they make their way into peoples homes and are no longer used, what happens to them? What should you do with all of your old electronics?

Alex Fitzpatrick is the Deputy Tech Editor at Time Magazine and he joins Alex Cohen to talk about what she should do with all of her old minidiscs. 

To hear the entire conversation click on the link embedded at the top of this post.