Recycling computers

Your slow, old computer may be an environmental disaster waiting to happen. Computers are full of heavy metals that could eventually seep into groundwater under landfills. But there`s good news for environmental activists. Staples, a large chain store, has begun recycling discarded electronic items, including old cell phones, pagers, portable handheld devices and used printer-ink cartridges.
In Picture: A plastic tube contains batteries for recycling inside a Staples store September 29, 2005. Getty Images