Each year, new electronics hit the market and capture consumers' attention, giving them reason to throw away the old VCR or standard television and engross themselves in state-of-the-art gadgetry. Most of the time, the old electronics end up in the garbage, despite holding plenty of reusable material. But a push for recycling them has gained ground in recent years through both new state laws and a developing "e-recycling" industry
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Be careful what you wish for, I think as my husband reaches again for his new toy.
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1. After its extended cloud services failure, Amazon's Web Services system is cranking back to life , bringing some of the web's big-names with it.
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