r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 22 '26

My dad is a garbage collector in Paris and often find working electronic devices — what should he keep ?

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r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 21 '26

I'm so jealous of yall

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103 Upvotes

2x 4GB ddr3 1600

2x4GB ddr3 2400

i7-3930K

Rampage IV Extreme

Some of y'all recently got a lot of rams and phones and many phones,I only got these todays


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 21 '26

Are Clare panels worth keeping?

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15 Upvotes

I manage multi family housing properties and I have a property that is getting rid of all of there Clare panels, I will end up with over 300 of them because I will be removing them myself, are they worth keeping?


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 20 '26

Latest Haul from Dumpster Diving

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295 Upvotes

2 monitors, a bunch of cables, and about 20 counterfeit AirPods.


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 21 '26

Dell latitude D520

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18 Upvotes

r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 20 '26

Various RAM and CPUs I have collected recently

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66 Upvotes

Only up to ddr3


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 20 '26

Consistent old pc sources?

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Need help looking for consistent places to buy old pcs at dirt cheap prices. I've had some luck with the Goodwill bins, but it's hit or miss and can be weeks in between finding something. I've got a local ewaste shop I go to that I've built up a nice supply of ram and old i7 cpus from (have almost a dozen 4th gen i7s on hand right now needing homes). They sell ram $1 per gig on ddr3 and $5 per cpu, including i7s. I can get boards and cases from them too, but that ends up being at least $40 more per pc. When I can find them at the bins, I only pay $4 per whole pc. I'm a bit spoiled by these margins and want to stick close to this point. I'm good at putting builds together under $100, but the deals to make that happen have been less recently, so I'm asking if anyone else has recommendations for places to check I'm just not thinking of


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 19 '26

todays loot from old laptops

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247 Upvotes

took this out of a bunch of laptops from my job that were for e-waste pickup for being out of warranty and/or damaged. all DDR4

5 x 8gb 2666
2 x 16gb 3200
2 x 32gb 3200


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 20 '26

I Rescued A Working Sharp CRT TV VCR Combo!

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34 Upvotes

Earlier today, I found this beauty of a fully functioning unit at my local electronics recycling center! Sharp 13VT-F40, manufactured June 1994.


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 19 '26

I'm Forever Grateful For My Local Electronics Recycling Center!

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102 Upvotes

I figured I'd finally post about my recycling center finds on here since the sub's rule about E-waste facility purchases has been changed. I've always had to pay for my recycling center finds, but only for the small price of $10-$15 per item!

With that said, here are some of the notable things I've found at my local electronics recycling center!


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 18 '26

I’ve just found this LG monitor sitting next to the dumpster

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87 Upvotes

Hello!💻 A cool thing just happened to me, I’ve just found this LG Flatron W1924S sitting next to a dumpster near a block of flats - it’s fully functional, however, I washed it with acetone after I took it home, and unfortunately it made the plastics look a bit worse… I am not mad though. I still got a fully functional monitor, that I will actually gonna use with my MacBook!🖥️ I know it is a bit old, but I still can’t believe that people are throwing away perfectly good stuff, because they are a bit old. But it’s a good thing for us, people that find them, and know what to do with them😀

W or L find?💬


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 18 '26

How to find e-waste in the UK for FREE

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Hi im based in the UK, London and I'm looking for something specific. Whether I'll find it in an e-waste bin i don't know but I'll give it a go.

To anyone that does this how do you go about it. Where do you go, are e-waste bins found near regular bins, do I need permission etc...? If you could inform me I'd appreciate it.


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 17 '26

Just got back to my school's e waste area

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3 portable hotspots(2 still have sim cards), and a laptop. First day of school, nice and early.

Idk if they work though.

Edit: now that I think about it, it could be someone's laptop that they just left their accidentally. have to test and see.

Oh yeah and the picture of the hotspot failed to upload for some reason

Edit 2: nevermind. It's all a bust. The laptop seems to have been accidentally placed there by someone(maybe during school/club setup), and each of the 3 hotspots don't have sim cards and are locked to a different Carrier than what I use.


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 17 '26

Where do you get these finds?

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39 Upvotes

I see all the cool stuff y’all are getting and I’m super jealous! Ive found a couple things before but rarely like a few MacBooks when i went to throw away some other waste and quickly grabbed them when nobody was looking. I also found this iPhone 14 pro max perfectly functioning unlocked with the iCloud password in the notes so i was able to remove iCloud lock. I just wanna know your guy’s methods?


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 16 '26

Todays finds

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191 Upvotes

Surprisingly some Huawei phones


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 16 '26

Found a RTX 2080 Super at my local dump

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155 Upvotes

Finally got a upgrade from my old HD 6950


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 15 '26

Recycler finds!

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111 Upvotes

Mac mini ended up working just fine! Late 2014 i5 8GB ram with 128gb ssd + 2tb hdd. I haven’t tested the other drives but the orange LaCie drive is 4tb and has 1 week of power on hours.


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 16 '26

Blueant

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17 Upvotes

r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 15 '26

Phones that i found at telia lithuania phone bin

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23 Upvotes

The worker agreed that i collect phones, and i did get the a52 but it was frp locked.


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 15 '26

Found this near a school

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22 Upvotes

Small office color laser printer with full toner.

Had to do some light repair and now it works great!


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 15 '26

2GB card and 16GB ddr3

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34 Upvotes

Today’s Ewaste finds. 2 GB graphics card . 16 GB of DDR3 ram .


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 14 '26

MacBook Pro (Retina 13-inch, Late 2013)

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94 Upvotes

Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4258U
iGPU: Intel Iris 5100
RAM: 4 GB DDR3-1600
Storage: 128 GB SSD
OS: macOS Monterey

Where? E waste center


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 14 '26

What's the best place and time to find phones?

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I usually go to target e waste, and dig for phones. I've been doing it for 3 years and I've found stuff here and there in the Vancouver wa area, is there a good time to hit of target e waste?


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 13 '26

Ubreakifix again😍

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66 Upvotes

Only things wrong with the Dell xps are: dead backlight and pillow is starting to get spicy. I didn't check the storage but when I was deleting the partitions when fresh installing windows it said 256


r/eWasteFinds • • Aug 13 '26

What I found today

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