Importance of Electronic Waste Recycling

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Importance of Electronic Waste Recycling
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Electronics recycling is an important recent
concern as a result of the different toxic
materials and chemicals that are found in
televisions, computers, cell phones, fax machines
and other electronic devices that somehow find
their way to landfills. Apart from the space that
they take up in landfills, a more important
concern as far as electronic waste is concerned
is the potentially toxic materials that could
easily leak and spread to nearby areas including
the possibility of poisoning underground water
sources.
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Whether it is the lead that is found in in
cathode ray tubes or the CRTs that have been for
a long time been used in desktops or lithium,
cadmium and silver that are found in laptop
batteries, there are many other forms of toxic
substances that find their way to landfills all
over the country.
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The main trouble with these compounds ending up
in landfills is that the chemicals can easily
seep out whenever it rains and spread to nearby
water sources. If the cadmium found in batteries
leaked, it can cause severe lung damage to anyone
who would breathe in a great amount of the
chemical. Lead, which is also found in
electronics, has the potential of damaging the
nervous system in children and adults.
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The environmental protection agency is still
concerned that even after all the education they
have provided, electronic waste still finds its
way to the landfills and the amount continues to
increase every year this is especially true
regarding televisions, laptops and cell phones.
There are millions of laptops and cell phones
that get discarded monthly because their owners
upgraded to something better than what they had.
The other greater component of electronics is TVs
especially after the much hyped digital migration
over the analogue system.
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Today, government agencies and Chicago computer
recycling companies are all encouraging people
all over to embrace electronic recycling so we
can save the world for the next generation. There
are several benefits associated with electronic
recycling which include the following
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Reuse of electronics Electronics recycling
program normally consider whether the gadget can
be repaired and reused. The repair of electronics
ensures that their introduction to the waste
stream is delayed and they can benefit the next
person who buys them. Removal of toxic
materials Sometimes you will encounter and
electronic item that cannot be repaired,
electronic recycling ensures that all toxic
materials are removed so they dont endanger the
landfill.
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Safely dispose electronics By encouraging people
to join the Chicago electronics recycling
movement, more unusable electronics such as
computers, VCRs and others will get turned in. it
is estimated that only about 5 of the obsolete
electronic devises have been turned in for
electronic recycling and disposal people have
stored the rest and forgotten them which is
itself a dangerous situation.
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