| What do lead, cadmium, beryllium and brominated | | | | throughout our country. As you may know |
| flame retardants all have in common other than | | | | recycling is politically right these days and if you're |
| being serious contaminants? They're all | | | | anything like me you run as fast as you can |
| by-products of processing electronic waste and | | | | away from anything with the 'p' (politicians) word |
| cause serious health and pollution problems. Thus, | | | | in it. The corruption runs rampid amongst our |
| one thing better than electronics recycling is the | | | | parasitical representatives in government, but |
| reuse of electronics products. In following, | | | | recycling really is a good thing. It's true the |
| electronics recycling requires the implementation | | | | criminals on Capitol Hill are and have been playing |
| of high standards for the sake of avoiding unsafe | | | | the environment card to destroy our |
| exposure as well as leaching of materials such as | | | | manufacturing base in America, which has moved |
| heavy metals from landfills and incinerator ashes. | | | | from the 70 percentile in the 50s to 12 percent |
| Although not all electronics recycling companies | | | | present day. It's a shame what they have done |
| recycle the whole gambit of "Electronic waste," | | | | to our country and what's more a shame is that |
| they usually hit on the bigger numbered products | | | | we've allowed them. That's a different story for a |
| such as cell phones. Technically speaking, electronic | | | | different time. It just so happens that the |
| waste may be defined as all secondary | | | | degenerates in Washington actually have hit on |
| computers, entertainment device electronics, | | | | the promotion of something that is good and |
| mobile phones, and other items such as television | | | | important in its physical form rather than its |
| sets and refrigerators, whether sold, donated, or | | | | political form. |
| discarded by their original owners. This definition | | | | Electronics recycling comes under this umbrella. |
| includes used electronics which are destined for | | | | There's programs out there and online where |
| reuse, resale, salvage, recycling, or disposal. | | | | companies will pick-up your electronics recycling |
| Others define the reusables (working and | | | | products from your doorstep free of charge - as |
| repairable electronics) and secondary scrap | | | | in free shipping. Not only that, but I'm involved |
| (copper, steel, plastic, etc.) to be "commodities", | | | | with a company that will actually provide a tax |
| and reserve the term "waste" for residue or | | | | deductible donation acknowledgment, that allows |
| material which was represented as working or | | | | you to decide how much the electronics recycling |
| repairable but which is dumped or disposed or | | | | products you're donating are worth. This is what I |
| discarded by the buyer rather than recycled, | | | | was saying earlier. The fact that recycling is |
| including residue from reuse and recycling | | | | politically right provides for these little perks |
| operations. | | | | where the government encourages it, thus allow |
| Electronics Recycling, rates up there in importance | | | | these tax deductible donation acknowledgments. |
| with aluminum recycling, glass recycling, recycling | | | | Hence, you'll actually save money at the end of |
| plastic, and recycling cans. They all make up an | | | | the tax year when you get rid of your used |
| important part, thus start to a recycling regimen. | | | | electronics products. Thus, you can only win by |
| No matter who you are, you're only helping you | | | | saving yourself some money at tax time, creating |
| and your loved ones when you adhere to a | | | | free space in your home, and by knowing that |
| recycling program. | | | | your electronics products are not going to pollute |
| There's a rise in electronics recycling and curbside | | | | our landfills, all free of charge. Electronics recycling |
| recycling programs available in communities | | | | made easy! |