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: 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. To find out what e-waste landfill bans your state has enacted, check out this list from the National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER). However, even if your state doesn’t have e-waste laws, it’s still a good idea to learn how to recycle electronics properly. How to Recycle Your Electronics Properly
There are a couple of ways you can properly recycle electronic waste. These include selling your devices online, trading them in, or donating them to charity. You can also send them to a reputable recycling facility.