Careful what you recycle there lady!

I think we can all agree that recycling is a good thing, and that we should all do it. Sometimes, however, you should probably take a minute to consider what you’re recycling.

A lady in Silicon Valley did a great thing recently by dropping off a bunch of old electronics, including an old computer, to a local recycling center after she cleaned out her garage.

That would have been the end of a short feel good story, however, she didn’t take a minute to look at what she was recycling! Understandable – old electronics tend to look like the stinky junk they mostly end up being.

Not this time though! What she dropped off, in fact, wasn’t a stinky old computer that needed recycling, but a collectible item worth $200,000.

Eep.

The old computer- one of only about 200 1st generation Apple 1 computers assembled by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976 in fact – wasn’t taken out of the box until weeks later by the employees at Clean Bay Area, and the lady didn’t leave her contact information when she dropped the computer off.

The recycling firm is now searching for the lady to give her 50% of the $200,000 price tag they sold the computer for.

The message here – be careful what you recycle! Rest assured that if you send us the very first beta iPhone to recycle we’ll give it right back to you with a nod in the direction of where you should be selling it! Or, we’ll pay you a princely sum ourselves! Or, princessely. Whatever you like, you’re the one with the 1st iPhone.

If you want to recycle a regular ol’ iPhone, go ahead and get a quote!  We’ll still pay you very nicely!