FROM EARTH911.COM

It feels as if electronics were made to be thrown out every year, right? From mobile phones that just happen to die right when your contract is over to televisions that become obsolete as soon as a larger, thinner version debuts.

While every generation of electronics gets a little more efficient, we should make our phones, tablets, TVs, and computers last as long as possible to reduce the amount of e-waste sent to landfills — and most of our electronics still go unrecycled. Most surprising of all, though, is the billions of dollars worth of precious metals and rare-earth elements that go into landfills each year because of carelessly disposed of electronics. Countries are literally throwing away money every day. MORE…