How big of a pain is it when your cell phone or iPod runs out of battery? Now you might never need to charge your electronics the old way! New research has shown that in the future it might be possible to recharge our cell phones or iPods just by moving our body!

At the National [...]

It’s been just over a month since the beta launch of YouRenew.com. It’s been great to see people recycle and sell electronics every day.

For the next couple months we’re looking to improve the site. That means add more devices in the nine categories we currently support and also maybe add a few more [...]

There were 140 million cell phones generated in 2006-2007. Only 14 million, or 10%, of electronics by weight were recycled.

Here at YouRenew.com, we’re trying to make it easier to sell or recycle old electronics than throw them in the trash. To accomplish our goal, we’ll ask you to take time to learn more about the [...]

Hey everyone,

As I’m sure you noticed, we updated our homepage recently. The additions are: (1) A content section that dives into more detail about who we are and what we do, (2) news coverage and articles that have been written about us will be added to the “Buzz” section shortly, (3) a “ShareThis” button and [...]

For every electronic device, there is a charger or cord. Here at YouRenew.com headquarters, where we deal with hundreds of devices a week, we’re constantly plugging and unplugging, tangling and untangling.
We’ve come to wonder why the large equipment manufacturers (Samsung, Motorola, Apple, Nokia, Palm, etc.) insist upon using their own proprietary chargers rather than [...]