What can I do with an iron that no longer works? Can I send it somewhere for the materials to be recycled?

I try to be environmentally conscious as much as possible so I always try to look for alternatives to throwing things out whenever possible. It seems that an iron has a lot of metal in it, which may be reusable in some kind of recycling plant somewhere. Does anyone know if an old non-functional iron [...]

What home theater recievers(brand name) are made of truly good materials?

Right now I have a Yamaha RV-730 reciever and RT150 polk towers,polk bipole/dipole,polk center, psw505 sub and a polk rear center. I know a good amount about home theater and really like the setup I have right now. I want to upgrade the reciever, looking to spend $1000-$2000,any suggestions?