Orange County Register

How nice. Toshiba America has expanded its free notebook recycling program to include the old, unwanted e-junk of its competitors. 

The company’s Digital Products Division, based in Irvine,  will now accept most consumer electronics. It’s free and you don’t have to purchase a Toshiba product to dump your junk. 

Of course, only certain e-junk is allowed. Items accepted include laptops, Tablet PCs, monitors, projectors, cameras, camcorders, servers, home audio receivers, cell phones, car audio, home electronics, auto electronics, mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players, game systems and GPS navigation systems. The items don’t even have to be in working condition.

If you do have a working product, you may be able to get some cash backand not just some sneaky discount on a future Toshiba product. Just run your old laptop or whatever through the Toshiba product value estimator at toshiba.com/recycle. 

[Holy eMachine! I just ran my 4-year-old eMachine desktop through the process and it says it'll qualify for $153 cashback plus a $25 Starbucks gift card and free shipping! Check it out!]

Heads up: Next Friday and Saturday, Toshiba is sponsoring a 2-day eWaste recycling event at three Best Buy stores in Orange County. The first 100 people each day will get a $5 Best Buy gift card and everyone will be entered into a contest to win a Toshiba Portégé R500 laptop computer, which are $2,000 and up machines. The recycling event will take place at the Best Buy stores in Mission Viejo, Fullerton and East Orange. I’ll post more details next week.

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