By: Nicholas Stittleburg Bio-Medical Electronics Student, Western Technical College, La Crosse, WI Your computed tomography (CT) scanner isn't worth fixing. Or maybe your electrosurgical unit is being replace with a newer model or your facility has just purchanes a new imaging system. What should you do with your old equipment? Throw it away? Recycle it? Donate it to charity? Or sell it? Every day, in healthcare facilities around the world, medical technology professionals are asked to make decisions about how to properly dispose of unwanted medical equipment.