Title: Electronic Recycling: How to Recycle Your Business’s E-Waste
Headings: Electronic Recycling: How to Recycle Your Business’s E-Waste
Electronic Recycling: How to Recycle Your Business’s E-Waste
What is E-Waste?
The Problems with E-Waste
Electronic Pollution: The Effects of E-Waste on the Environment
The Impact of E-Waste on the Atmosphere
The Impact of E-Waste on Water
The Impact of E-Waste on Soil
Electronic Recycling Solutions for Your Business
1) Make Informed Purchases
2) Repair or Upgrade Your Electronics
3) Sell, Swap, or Donate Your Electronics
How to Recycle Your Business’s E-Waste
The Benefits of Electronic Recycling
The Scale of E-Waste and Electronic Pollution
Devices that Become E-Waste
Electronic Recycling Facts and Statistics
Rubicon’s Electronic Recycling Solutions

Content: The Effects of E-Waste on the Environment
Electronic waste has a very real global impact on the earth’s air, water, and soil: The Impact of E-Waste on the Atmosphere
Burning e-waste can be used as a disposal method or way to extract valuable metals such as copper. However, the burning of computer monitors and other electronics can lead to the release of pollutants (such as hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and brominated dioxins) into the air. This affects our overall health and air quality measures. The Impact of E-Waste on Water
Heavy metals—such as lead, barium, mercury, and lithium—can be found in mobile phones and computer batteries. When these contaminants are improperly handled or disposed of in a landfill, they can leak into the soil and can eventually reach the groundwater. After reaching groundwater, heavy metals can then make their way into streams, ponds, lakes, and rivers. These heavy metals make the water tables toxic and unusable for the communities, animals, and plants that rely on them. The Impact of E-Waste on Soil
Soil is the conduit through which heavy metals find water, and therefore does not go unaffected by these harmful contaminants. E-waste has a strong negative impact on the “soil-crop-food pathway.”