There is usually one particular type of hardware that leaves you wondering how it got into e-waste.

There was stuff in the charging port but 3 minutes and some tweezers later and…

iPhone 5 running iOS 6.1.3 and 6 running iOS 8.2! The 7+ bootloops and is horribly bent, S8 OLED works but has the most bloated battery ever, CC phone works but they refused to unlock it, and the LG 440G even has the SIM!

I found all of it in the trash together

There are about 24 gaylords of tangled wire: power cords, network cable, charging cords… Other than removing the transformers, this material is normally sold “as is”. What would you do?

I've got a Galaxy Gio, Galaxy Xcover 2011, galaxy express 2 and an htc s710 from my parents and auntie who were gonna throw them out. They all work (the Galaxy Xcover and gio don't have batteries) but the express 2 has a broken lcd (with a battery), should I buy battery for them and fix the lcd? Also the htc... I've got a charger and a battery, but it's been sitting out in my auntie's bag for about 19 years unused but it managed to lose only 20% of its charge in 2 days (that's when I left it shutdown). So should I buy battery for it too?

Hi there! I’ve just rescued these phones from going to e-waste - my neighbor gave them to me, otherwise they would be lying in a drawer for years or just go straight to the e-waste bin📱

I am pretty happy with my find! Although technically I didn’t find them in some bin, I still saved e-waste, so I think that counts as well😄

I am very happy though, not gonna lie.

Rooms and rooms of eScrap.

Rooms and rooms of eScrap.

Hello I am from Romania and I don't know how to find e waste locations, if someone knows how I should find them that would be really helpful

I was gonna throw out an inflated Samsung battery and in the recycling center I found a Logitech Pro X Superlight 2 mouse, an Xbox One controller, 2 PS4 controllers and a dual sense controller in the camouflage gray color. Haha what are the odds? The Logitech mouse and the Xbox controller work, but the PlayStation ones... I dunno if they do. Anyway should I sell or keep?

They fully work

I don't usually find anything particularly interesting, mostly just old vapes for battery recovery, the occasional smashed to shit phone I pull polarization film out of for art projects. Or stuff that's so weathered it's hardly recognizable. But this week I've found some interesting things.

The digital recording mixer I found in the woods near my house while looking for moss. The disc drive has been burned, but I brought it home to salvage some neat knobs and such.

Then today I found a stack of laptops in a dumpster while waiting for a cab. Also in rough shape, but will be fun to take apart.