When it comes to tech devices,
it's common to ditch the old
electronics and make room for the new.
Joining us live on how to safely
recycle e-waste is Roselle Ignacio
with Gizmodo. Hello, roselle.
Hi, how are you doing?
We're doing good. So resale the
price of everything is going up
right now and I have to assume that
applies to electronics as well.
Yeah, as we all know,
inflation is on the rise.
And as inflation is on the rise,
so are the costs of use electronics.
So right now is the best time
to sell your used electronics
with companies like Gizmo, Go,
oh, that's good to know. So.
And as families prepare to get rid of
the old tech to make room for the new,
what should we do with our old
devices instead of just having them
collect dust like I am right now?
Well the best thing you could do
with your older devices is either
recycling them with your local
recyclers like on call recycle.
You could search any of your
local drop off places or you
can recycle them and also make
money with them with gizmo go.
Oh so tell us how it works with gizmo go.
If we want to recycle something,
what do we need to do?
Yeah. So it's really simple.
You don't even have to
go anywhere to do this.
All you have to do is hop on
gizmodo.com search for your device.
Once you find your device,
Gizmodo will ask you a series of questions
based on the condition of your device.
After that, we'll send
you a free instant quote.
And if you're happy with that,
we'll send you a prepaid shipping box
and a prepaid shipping label so you
don't even have to worry about it.
Once we receive your electronic device,
we'll do a full evaluation and
send you your payout instantly.
Ohh wow, sounds pretty,
pretty easy and seamless.
And when we recycle,
what happens to the elements?
Are they tossed or do you sell
them to larger companies?
So Gizmodo will break down and
recycle a lot of the elements in our
electronic devices such as gold,
copper and other elements so that
way we could sell them back to
other companies for them to reuse.
That's really cool. And what happens
when old computers are thrown
away or dumped into landfills?
So I guess, Mogo, we really care about
the environment and the last thing we
want is having people throw out their
electronics into the garbage cans
because once they hit the garbage cans,
they also hit our landfills.
And when our electronics are
breaking down into landfills,
toxic chemicals like cadmium,
mercury and beryllium and lead
start leaching into our soils,
our water supplies and can even cause
damaging effects to the human body.
And how many electronics would
you say get recycled and?
How many are actually refurbished?
Well, here at Gizmodo, since 2019,
we've refurbished and recycled
over 60,000 different electric
electronic devices from drones,
cameras, lenses, and even bigger
ticketed items like cell phones,
laptops, and tablets.
All right, and if I want to either recycle
or refurbish something with gizmo, go.
Do you guys have a limit on
how old the tech devices are?
Because I have things way back when resale,
like 2010, maybe 2012. Yeah,
honestly, it gives.
Mogul will take any of
your electronic devices.
It doesn't matter how old they are.
It could be from 2010,
it could be from the year 2000.
But, well, if it has no more value,
we'll still take it in and
we'll recycle them for you.
So that way you don't have to worry about,
you know, throwing away in the
garbage can so that way they
don't get into our landfills
and walk us through that
process one more time.
If I have an old laptop or cell phone
and I want to do it through gizmo,
go walk us through how that works again.
Yeah, so you go to gizmodo.com.
You search for your device.
Once you search for your device,
it'll list a series of different
questions to ask you about the
condition of your advice a device.
And then we'll send you a free instant quote.
You send it to us,
and then we pay you out instantly
once we do our full evaluation.