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# Boston e-Cycle, LLC

New England Electronics Recycler

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://www.bostonecycle.com/blog/)
- [Stop almost all of that junk mail](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2017/05/09/stop-almost-all-of-that-junk-mail/) - Everything from credit card offers to weekly circulars, you start to realize that you're getting way more mail that you don't need to respond to or act on. After switching everything to online billing and electronic correspondence, it's surprising that you still get 8 credit card offers, 2 circulars, and 10-12 different store catalogs per
- [Managing your data for your entire family](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2017/05/02/managing-your-data-for-your-entire-family/) - Everybody I talk to saves their data (either knowingly or unknowingly) to some device or cloud service. When discussing with families on how they backup their photos, music, videos, and other documents, most plans of attack usually involve a variety pack of solutions. With so many devices syncing to cloud services and people running backups
- [CSVDE and Active Directory](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2017/01/23/csvde-and-active-directory/) - While working heavily in Active Directory in previous jobs, I came across a very simple and useful tool that can be used to pull information from AD - this tool is called CSVDE (stands for Comma Separated Value Data Exchange). Whether you need some quick information about a few user accounts or thousands of computer objects, CSVDE will prove useful
- [Trying to minimize the things in life (a checklist)](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2017/01/18/trying-to-minimize-the-things-in-life-a-checklist/) - Sell anything that I don't use or need at all, and can get decent money for (old TVs, laptops, desktops, adapters, mp3 players) - use eBay, Craigslist, Facebook marketplace, or a tag sale Donate anything that could be of use to somebody else (clothing, blankets, pillows, unused toiletries, lightly worn/unused shoes) - use Planet Aid
- [Basic Laptop Buying Guide](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2017/01/29/basic-laptop-buying-guide/) - During the holiday season, it's typically easier to find great deals on some of the better quality laptops out there. Right after, you also have CES, which gets potential buyers excited for the new technologies that will likely come out that year. When hunting down laptops, you always have to compare it to buying a
- [Minimalism Documentary - Netflix](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2017/01/11/minimalism-on-netflix/) - I recently watched a Netflix documentary called 'Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things' and it definitely struck home in many ways. With a wide array of different characters that the audience can connect with, this documentary dives into how we can essentially peel away (and use) the things in life, and connect more with the people
- [TV Disposal and donations](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/11/22/tv-disposal/) - As the holidays get closer and most of us will be getting some cool new gadgets, there are some great options to donate any old electronics, including televisions. In most US cities, various charities will pickup older working televisions to be provided or sold cheaply to those who cannot typically afford a brand new flatscreen
- [Sharing documents for collaboration with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/11/11/sharing-documents-for-collaboration-with-google-docs-sheets-and-slides/) - The last few years, I've used Google apps extensively for sharing documents via the "cloud" to friends and co-workers. Google has their own apps that are very similar to Microsoft Office's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. These apps are Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Once you create any of these types of documents, you can simply
- [Dyn DDoS](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/10/21/dyn-ddos/) - In case you're wondering why the Internet is not working today CNBC Article
- [Zipcar and going "green"](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/10/07/zipcar-and-going-green/) - I'm a frequent Zipcar user and still don't own my own personal car (I haven't owned one since my 1996 Dodge Avenger). Zipping around in their fleet of cars has been a lot of fun, and you get to try out a variety of cars, including quite a few hybrid vehicles. Zipcar let it's Zipsters
- [Recycle styrofoam into molding material](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/09/23/recycle-styrofoam-into-molding-material/) - Below is a video on how you can use acetone to convert styrofoam into moldable plastic. This moldable plastic can be used to fill cracks or bond certain materials together, or simply molded into something new (in the video, the YouTube user is making building blocks for his kids. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvv707ifFOc
- [Helpful Shipping Website - ShipGooder](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/09/12/helpful-shipping-website-shipgooder/) - When shipping a numerous variety of products across the US, it's usually very time-consuming to check shipping prices on various sites (USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc). While searching for a website that might be able to compare multiple shipping companies, I came across ShipGooder. This site is so easy to use, it saves me a ton of
- [Soles4Souls - Donate used shoes!](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/09/08/soles4souls-donate-used-shoes/) - The site Soles4Souls takes donated used shoes and provides them to families and individuals around the world. At this point, they have already donated 26 million pairs of shoes over their 10-year history. They even take half pairs, in hopes that they will match them up one day in the future. This charitable organization helps to provide
- [How paper gets recycled - video](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/08/19/how-paper-gets-recycled-video/) - Nice little video on how paper gets recycled https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2c8YxMb0tlk
- [Happy Sys Admin Day!](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/07/29/happy-sys-admin-day/) - Hopefully all the sys admins out there enjoyed the 17th Sys Admin Appreciation Day! Maybe some folks at work got you some gifts or free coffee and food? To "celebrate", I'm providing a link to download Microsoft's 'Account Lockout Status' tool. This nifty little executable can be run on any Windows domain controller to find the status
- [Check your Apple product warranty](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/07/26/check-your-apple-product-warranty/) - Apple provides a convenient site to check the warranty status of your Apple product (includes iPhones, iPods, iPads, and MacBooks). Just navigate here and you'll be able to punch in your serial number of your product and get the make/model and warranty status.
- [Edible six-pack rings](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/07/15/edible-six-pack-rings/) - So instead of the plastic six-pack rings ending up in the ocean and posing a risk to wildlife, these six-pack rings created by a small brewery in Florida are making some waves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YG9gUJMGyw
- [Polystyrene ban effects](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/06/17/polystyrene-ban-effects/) - Polystyrene foam has been heavily used in a variety of industries to save costs and offer an easy solution to many problems. Shipping companies use bulk amounts to pad their items while shipping, while many restaurants hand out polystyrene containers for "to-go" orders. Brookline had passed a ban on the material back in December 2013
- [Quickly find uptime of Windows server](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/07/07/quickly-find-uptime-of-windows-server/) - When trying to figure out the uptime of a Windows server, there is no clear cut answer when looking at Task Manager or in the Control Panel. To quickly find out the uptime, do the following: click 'Start' type 'cmd' (without quotes) click the Command Prompt application once in the app, type 'net stats server'
- [Clothing donations - undergarments](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/06/03/clothing-donations-undergarments/) - I've long wondered what happens to clothing donations, especially now that I know that I can donate clean undergarments (underwear, bras, lingerie, etc). Yes, if you did not know already, there are a ton of donation bins that accept clean/non-soiled undergarments, and even some local Goodwill locations will accept them. There is also a service
- [Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Spring Cleaning with Boston e-Cycle](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/05/27/happy-memorial-day-weekend-spring-cleaning-with-boston-e-cycle/) - Happy Memorial Day Weekend to everybody! Hopefully everybody takes the time to rest and BBQ. If you decide to get any spring cleaning done, make sure to keep your electronics in a separate pile. Boston e-Cycle will be glad to pick those up for free. Also, if you feel that your electronics are in great
- [Single use society - video](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/05/26/single-use-society-video/) - We have quickly become a single use society over the past few decades, largely due to consumerism. There's a brief Wikipedia article about throw-away society that goes into how much we have grown into this type of culture that just discards everything, without a simple thought. Jeff Bridges also narrated a recent video for the
- [Quickly save a list of your songs in iTunes](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/05/24/quickly-save-a-list-of-your-songs-in-itunes/) - In iTunes, there is a way to quickly save or print a list of all of your songs in your iTunes library. As long as you have the songs properly identified throughout your library (either by downloading directly from CD or the iTunes store), you should have a nice list by the end of this
- [What the heck can I recycle in Boston??](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/05/17/what-the-heck-can-i-recycle-in-boston/) - Obviously every city/town and state is different with what gets trashed vs what gets recycled. Lots of friends tend to ask me "can I recycle paper plates or paper towels?", "can I recycle plastic bags?", and "can I recycle styrofoam?", to which the answer (for now) is no. Paper plates and paper towels should be
- [Bike Week Celebration in Boston](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/05/13/bike-week-celebration-in-boston/) - So most family and friends know that I like to bike to work every so often, and this is mainly due to environmental, health, and timely reasons. Obviously there's minimal impact to the environment when compared to any gas-powered or electric modes of transit, you get a great workout twice per day, and in Boston
- [How to speed up your old desktops or laptops in Windows](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/05/11/how-to-speed-up-your-old-desktops-or-laptops-in-windows/) - We typically see newer systems being purchased for a household or business because "it's too slow" or "it doesn't work". Before going out hunting for the latest, greatest, and fastest piece of equipment, you really should ask yourself if you can get it working again. Over the past 15 years or so, I've cleaned up
- [DFU Mode on iPhone (or other "i" device)](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/05/04/dfu-mode-on-iphone-or-other-i-device/) - I've received quite a few iPhones that have been locked down due to the phone being tied to the 'Find My iPhone' app, which is also tied to that person's iTunes account. Simply put, I didn't want to reach back out to the individual, have them temporarily change their iTunes password, allow me to successfully
- [Busy, busy, busy...](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/04/29/busy-busy-busy/) - So it's been over a month that I've written a post....this is mostly a good thing, mainly since we have been getting more web leads for new clients. The one thing I can't forget is that most of these clients landed on our page due to our blog and some of our helpful tips on
- [Further info on plastic bag recycling - video](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/03/11/further-info-on-plastic-bag-recycling-video/) - Related to my previous blog post, I found this YouTube video that goes a little more into how Trex utilizes plastic bags that you get from grocery stores. I was actually surprise myself to see that some other polyethylene material that can be collected for re-purposing are bread loaf bags, fruit/vegetable bags, dry-cleaning bags, and newspaper
- [Plastic Bag Recycling](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/03/09/plastic-bag-recycling/) - Nowadays, a lot of Boston region towns and cities are looking to curb the impact of plastic bags on the environment. Instead of these bags ending up in landfills or littering the ground, another way to get rid of clean plastic shopping bags (and some other clean plastic film or bags) is to bring them
- [PS Tools](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/03/03/ps-tools/) - PS Tools is a resource kit that is part of the Windows Sysinternals suite of tools provided by Microsoft. It's free to download and easy to get started using this variety pack of goodies. Mainly geared for system administrators in the business sector, PS Tools provides a variety pack of commands that can be run
- [Computer Recycling Video](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/03/01/computer-recycling-video/) - Found a decent computer recycling video that goes a bit in-depth into how components are broken down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU62hh3DBfg
- [SATA drive testing](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/02/25/sata-drive-testing/) - Requirements: Laptop or desktop with Windows 7 (or higher) Cygwin installed with smartmontools SATA to USB docking station or cable adapter 2.5” or 3.5” SATA hard drive to be tested Steps: Power on the laptop and plugin the SATA to USB (dock or adapter) Plug the hard drive into the dock or adapter Wait a
- [Types of Plastics (1-7)](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/02/23/types-of-plastics-1-7/) - Ever notice the variety of numbers inside the triangular recycling symbol? Essentially there are 7 different types of plastics that all range in varieties of production, composition, and safety levels. Most that have researched the mysterious numbers have discovered that numbers 2, 4, and 5 are the safest plastics to use for food storage and
- [Quickly save a list of all songs in iTunes](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/02/21/quickly-save-a-list-of-all-songs-in-itunes/) - The following was done in iTunes 12.3 on a Windows 7 system. Just follow the quick and easy steps to create a document of your list of songs within iTunes: Open iTunes Click 'File' and then 'Print' You'll be provided with 3 radio buttons. Select the 'Song listing' radio button and keep the Theme dropdown
- [How to wipe your smartphone – Part 3 (Windows)](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/02/02/how-to-wipe-your-smartphone-part-3-windows/) - Similar to Android devices, I'm not the most well-tuned Windows smartphone user. Of course, I've went and scoured the web and looked through a variety of resources to come up with the straight and simple method of doing a factory reset for your Windows smartphone (of course, very similar to the iOS and Android devices,
- [Recycling in Boston](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2015/11/22/recycling-in-boston/) - Here's a short video on recycling in Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt4duA0rfQ4
- [Where does e-Waste go?](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2015/11/23/where-does-e-waste-go/) - After our electronics reach end-of-life or break, where do they go? While some of these are reused or recycled responsibly, most of our e-waste ends up in landfills, incinerators, and villages around the globe. There has been a primary focus on commercial IT waste standards, along with numerous municipalities in the US that push for
- [Formatting a computer before disposal](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/01/15/formatting-a-computer-before-disposal/) - Before you get rid of an old computer, it is highly recommended that you format it. There are a bunch of different methods to quickly format your PC or Mac, and some are easier than others. The fastest and easiest way to ensure that your computer's hard drive is formatted is by booting from a
- [How to wipe your smartphone – Part 2 (Android)](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/01/20/how-to-wipe-your-smartphone-part-2-android/) - So I will confess that I'm not a very experienced Android device user (although not knowing about something has never stopped me from learning to "figure it out"). First things first, make sure that you backup your data from the phone before trading in or selling it. A majority of phones can be backed up
- [How to wipe your smartphone - Part 1 (iPhone)](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/01/17/how-to-wipe-your-smartphone-part-1-iphone/) - Before returning your smartphone to your wireless carrier or selling it online, you'll want to ensure that it's wiped and somebody can't easily recover your private data. This blog series will cover iPhones, Android devices, and Microsoft Windows smartphones. Some important points to bring up that will account for all 3 types of devices are
- [Winter cleaning for 2016](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2016/01/13/winter-cleaning-for-2016/) - Now that we're getting into 2016, it might be time to clean out some of those old systems that you don't know what to do with. We're here to help with the pickup! If you have more than 5 desktops, laptops, or monitors (or any combination of the three), just hop over to the 'Contact
- [When to get the upgrade...](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2015/11/27/when-to-get-the-upgrade/) - Like anything you use on a daily basis, after normal wear-and-tear over years, a product might just no longer work anymore (similar to cars, televisions, and other household items). In the case of computers, I typically recommend to friends and family to run through a few steps to determine if they really do need to
- [Up and running very shortly...](https://www.bostonecycle.com/2015/11/15/2015-11-15/) - Hi! Jon DiLeo here, founder and owner of Boston e-Cycle, LLC. I started this company up initially because I consider myself a very heavy recycler and reuser of items. Being in the IT field for almost the past decade, I've seen so much old equipment pile up and get tossed out the door (only to

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.bostonecycle.com/) - Our aim is to easily and quickly clear out your old equipment, ensure that all of your data is securely destroyed (as requested), and maintain great communication throughout “The Process”: Meet, greet, and inventory what needs to be cleaned out. Do you need all of your data destroyed? If so, we work with SecurShred (NAID
- [Contact Us](https://www.bostonecycle.com/contact-us/)
- [About](https://www.bostonecycle.com/about/) - Boston e-Cycle aims to keep e-waste (electronics waste) from entering landfills. We sell, donate, loan, and dismantle electronics from around the Boston region.
- [FAQ](https://www.bostonecycle.com/faq/) - FAQ for Boston e-Cycle, Boston's e-waste provider.
- [Philanthropy](https://www.bostonecycle.com/philanthropy/) - Boston e-Cycle looks to help the greater Boston area with donating equipment to family in need. We also like to loan out laptops or desktops to help people with school or job applications.

## Categories

- [blog](https://www.bostonecycle.com/category/blog/)
- [home-tips](https://www.bostonecycle.com/category/home-tips/)
- [recycling](https://www.bostonecycle.com/category/recycling/)
- [sysadmin-tips](https://www.bostonecycle.com/category/sysadmin-tips/)