The electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer

LANSINGLily Wilkin has four old phones tucked away in her closet and no plans to recycle them.“I keep them for nostalgia,” she said.Wilkin works at Best Buy, the nation’s largest retail collector of electronic waste – from CRT TVs to hard drives to fans. Wilkin said at least two customers drop off electronics for recycling every day at the East Lans...