A Junk Independence Day in Review – October 2025
A-Train sorts through boxes of circuit boards and presents one to the camera. (Luciano Cesta ) Every few months, the lab welcomes people from across the city and beyond to drop off their old electronics and snap up other items people brought. After, we take the remainder of the inevitable pile of old electronics to be recycled or otherwise disposed of safely. On this JID, the entire surface of the 20’x5’ table in the middle of the lab was covered many times over with circuit boards, laptops, TVs, monitors, mice, keyboards, tablets, phones and the like. The air was full of excitement and curiosity as guests and members combed over the veritable mountain of junk. One hacker’s trash is another hacker’s treasure as they say. Who? I don’t know but they were probably pretty smart. ;) “It gives people an outlet to repurpose and find new things to inspire new projects and ideas,” said Hacklab member Andrew Green. “And it’s great for the environment because we are able to repurpose, recycle or give away a lot of perfectly working electronics and tech.” Assessing the full