Title: Recycling E-Waste is Important! | Ecycle Environmental
Headings: Recycling E-Waste is Important!
Recycling E-Waste is Important!
Content: Recycling E-Waste is Important! | Ecycle Environmental
Recycling E-Waste is Important! Discarded electronics often end up in landfills or are incinerated, which can cause major environmental problems. As we've discussed before, electronics are made up of extremely hazardous materials such as lead, mercury and cadmium, and incinerating or dumping electronics lets the harmful chemicals leak into the ground and atmosphere. These harmful chemicals don’t just disappear, so old printers, monitors and phone cords that have been dumped will continue to stay in our landfills for centuries and create tremendous environmental problems for the surrounding areas. Of the 50 million tons of e-waste per year, only around 20 to 25 percent of it is disposed of safely and properly. That means that 75 percent of electronic waste ends up in landfills-- which is a huge problem. This is why it's so important to recycle your electronic devices, even if finding a place to recycle them is not always easy. Check with your county to see what options they have for getting rid of e-waste, as there currently are no federal guidelines for dealing with this type of garbage. In some cases you may need to drive the electronics directly to the local dump to be sorted, or go to another designated e-waste collection site.