Charlotte, N.C. - Your old Apple computer, Zach Morris cellphone, or old video game machine sits in the attic collecting dust. We either hang on to them because we don't know what to do with 'em or they get trashed. There's a greener choice, recycle them!

"We know they're not going in landfills, we know they're not going to other countries. We know that those machines are being kept out of those places and they're going back to help our community," says Bo Hussey, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont.

Goodwill takes computers, printers, and other electronics and recycles them as part of a partnership with dell or re-sells them or parts of them at the Computer Works store.

Hard drives contain a lot of your personal information so they're treated with extra care at Goodwill. They'll do is either wipe the hard drive down to government standards or they'll crush it.

In addition to keeping all the electronics out of landfills, the program provides worker training.

"This program offers so many job opportunities especially in green jobs. People de-manufacture the machines, a lot of warehouse work," says Hussey.

If you have something newer to get rid of...say an i-phone websites like Gazelle.com and Myboneyard.com will make you a cash offer.

Harris Teeter allows you to recycle electronics directly through its website and donates the money to your kids school as part of the “Together in Education” program.

Whatever the age of your electronics, they can have another life and help the community at the same time.