(E-WASTE) ELECTRONIC WASTE.
Highly advance electronics has created an influx of electronic devices, computers and monitors that become old or obsolete at a fast rate. The need for better, more faster technology has pushed the speed at which these devices reach their end of life.
So what do we do with all of this obsolete
equipment has become a global issue.
Computers and other electronics need to be properly handled by a responsible
recycling company rather than being sent to a waste disposal company.
Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) in
your TV and computer monitor contain lead. When CRTs are improperly
discarded, lead from solder and leaded glass screens, as well as heavy
metals like cadmium and mercury, can get into the ground and groundwater.
JOBS. JOBS. JOBS. Here's something I bet you never thought about.
The EPA is helping to
fuel employment growth
in the recycling industry
through it's Job's Through
Recycling (JTR) initiative
whose overall goal is to put the tools of business development, technology transfer, financing and marketing into the hands of recycling business.
SB 20 (Sher, 2003) Electronic Waste Recycling Act
On January 1, 2005, California
enacted pioneering legislation
to implement an electronic
waste recovery and recycling
program modeled after the
European Economic Union's
Product Stewardship Initiative.
The intent of SB 20 was to provide
cost-free recycling opportunities
for consumers, to reduce/prevent
illegal dumping of electronic waste (and reduction in e-waste "stockpiling"), and to decrease the hazardous materials entering the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream.
