I've started playing dead zone and I like to see the junk I have (why would anyone take a broken draw?) and some of the junk items (power drill) have stars on them. What do they mean!!!
If I'm not mistaken, an item marked with a star means a new item (that you get on missions or by recycling other items). If you open your inventory again, these stars should be gone.
As for the drill, I would recycle it (note that I haven't played the game in a while, so I don't know if something has changed)