WHERE DO OUR RECYCLED ELECTRONICS GO

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WHERE DO OUR RECYCLED ELECTRONICS GO?

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE YOUR RECYCLED
E-WASTE ENDS UP?
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What Happens To Recycled Electronics At E-Cycling
Centers?
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• Electronic devices like televisions, MP3 players
  and printers can be dropped off at one of the
  numerous drop-off e-waste recycling centers
  located around the globe.
• Whenever you drop off one of these electronic
  gadgets, an inspection is conducted in order to
  see if the item is salvageable.

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• NY is one of the 80 different drop-off e-cycling
  locations in the city of New York.
• Each year, this site alone handles nearly 350
  tons of e-waste materials and the technicians
  either refurbish or resell electronic devices
  that are still usable.

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What Happens To E-Waste That Cannot Be Reused,
Resold or Refurbished?
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Any electronic gadgets that cannot be reused or
refurbished in their present condition are then
wrapped up along with all of the other
recyclables and shipped off in tractor-trailer
trucks to an actual designated e-cycling plant.
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Once the technician has inspected the
electronics, the devices are shredded through a
shredder that breaks them down into much smaller
chunks.
Each plant sorts the electronics materials a
little bit differently however, a lot of them
use a system called an optical sorting system.
It categorizes all of the pieces and parts into
designated bins for computer chips, plastic and
metal. The bins with these commodities are then
sold on the market all over the world.
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What Happens After The Recycling Process?
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• After the materials have been sold, the real
  recycling takes place. Computer plastics actually
  contain materials that are flame-retardant. These
  are reused in order to produce more technological
  materials.

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Plastic is usually sold to Chinese manufacturers
so it can be used in other electronic devices.
Rare earth metals are elements often used in a
lot of electronic gadgets, and are also a lot
easier to extract form recycled e-waste than from
the actual earth.
Metals that are extracted from the recycled
e-waste often stays closer to its original home
due to the fact that the U.S. usually still has a
lot of domestic uses for and manufacturing plants
for metals.
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So where do our recycled electronics go? Now you
know! Feel free to spread the word and pass along
the importance of recycling our electronic waste.
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CONTACT US

• All Green Recycling
• http//www.allgreenrecycling.com
•  ADDRESS
• 15561 Del Amo Ave. Tustin, CA 92780 
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• PHONE
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• EMAIL
• info_at_allgreenrecycling.com