Title: How to Recycle Your Electronics Properly to Fight E-Waste - The Plug - HelloTech
Headings: How to Recycle Your Electronics Properly to Fight E-Waste
How to Recycle Your Electronics Properly to Fight E-Waste
What Is E-Waste?
Can Electronics Be Thrown In The Trash?
How to Recycle Your Electronics Properly
Sell Them
Trade Them In
Donate Them
Recycle Them

Content: However, it is more environmentally-friendly to recycle them to reduce the mining activity done to extract these metals. (Image Source: EPA)
It’s important to note that these electronics contain metals that can turn hazardous when mixed with sulfur, mercury, or Beryllium oxide. Devices with these toxic materials include batteries, computer monitors, and certain light bulbs. When electronics are thrown in the trash, there are harmful chemicals that leak into the ground. As a result, they can contaminate the groundwater and the soil. Direct contact with (and inhalation of) the chemicals in e-waste such as lead, cadmium, and chromium can pose serious health risks. To solve this, a number of states have made it illegal to throw certain electronics in the trash. For example, New York City’s Guidelines for Electronic Disposal imposes a fine on anyone who throws their televisions, computer peripherals, monitors, and more in the trash. Similarly, the District of Columbia’s Sustainable Solid Waste Management Amendment Act of 2014 makes it illegal to throw away TVs and computer monitors with screens larger than six inches.