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URBANDALE, Iowa — A stroll down the aisles of Electronic Asset Security is like taking a trip back in time.

“We’ve got everything from first generation items coming in from many, many years ago to brand new items that have broken and can’t be used anymore,” co-owner Nicole Schwegler said.

From towers of computer towers, to what once was cutting edge technology, even that massive television you watched as a kid and nobody ever wanted to move, it’s all here.

“We’re going to break each computer down to its original components,” Schwegler said. “We’re trying to grab stuff that has already been thrown away and we’re trying to get it back out of the stream so things aren’t getting leached down into the landfills.”

Their space has quickly filled up.

“When we first got this space we thought we had tons of room, and a few city events and getting clients at the banks and hospitals …