Title: Kansas Recycle E-Waste - Why should you recycle E-Waste?
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Content: Kansas Recycle E-Waste - Why should you recycle E-Waste? E-waste is the most rapidly growing segment of the municipal solid waste stream. E-waste contains many valuable, recoverable materials such as aluminum, copper, gold, silver, plastics, and ferrous metals. In order to conserve natural resources and the energy needed to produce new electronic equipment from virgin resources, electronic equipment can be refurbished, reused, and recycled instead of being landfilled. E-waste also contains toxic and hazardous materials including mercury, lead, cadmium, beryllium, chromium, and chemical flame retardants, which have the potential to leach into our soil and water. What are the benefits and advantages of recycle e-waste? There are several! Conserves natural resources. Recycling recovers valuable materials from old     electronics that can be used to make new products. As a result, we save energy, reduce     pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and save resources by extracting fewer raw     materials from the earth.