| Recycling electronic equipment helps reduce | | | | provide this free service, people will think about |
| pollution that would normally be emitted while | | | | recycling there electrical equipment more. |
| manufacturing a new product and the need to | | | | How do we dispose of this technology? Computer |
| extract valuable and limited virgin resources. | | | | monitors, televisions, circuit boards, and other |
| Recycling electronics is good for the environment | | | | electronics contain excess heavy metals so they |
| and our local communities. | | | | cannot be disposed of in the trash. These also |
| When people just throw away large volumes of | | | | include mercury, bromide, flame retardants, and |
| electronics it is a waste of very valuable | | | | importantly lead, which threaten ground water if |
| recyclable resources. Most components in electrical | | | | left in landfills. Lead is also a main component of |
| equipment, including the hazardous components, | | | | monitors and television screens. |
| can be safely recycled through proper recycling | | | | Manufacturers and recyclers are analyzing dozens |
| companies. Disposal is not the answer. | | | | of approaches to identify cost-effective, |
| It is always a much safer idea to ensure you | | | | environmental methods of managing end of life |
| pass computers and other electronics need to be | | | | electronics. An important aspect of these analyses |
| properly handled by a responsible recycling | | | | is the identification of the environmental |
| company rather than being sent to a waste | | | | regulations-particularly those under the Federal |
| disposal company. | | | | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and its |
| There are a number of companies these days | | | | state counterparts-that would apply. |
| that will pick up electrical equipment without | | | | Manufacturers are leading the way on this issue. |
| charge. If more and more companies start to | | | | |