| Recycling can be described as the assembling, | | | | drawback. The lead that is contained in the lead glass |
| developing, promoting or buying of products which are | | | | of the cathode ray tube and the lead contained in the |
| prepared from waste products. Recycling process is | | | | circuit boards in the form of lead-solders have the |
| majorly practiced in all parts of the world owing to the | | | | tendency to leach into groundwater or create air |
| depletion of naturally occurring raw materials and | | | | pollution through incineration. Another drawback is |
| increase in energy consumption, decreasing landfill | | | | when retaining the valuable metals via incinerations and |
| space and ultimately its adverse effects caused on | | | | acid treatments, they may release and synthesize |
| the environment. | | | | further toxic by products. |
| Recycling comes into picture for those commodities | | | | So the best possible way to reduce accumulation of |
| that are used extensively by almost everyone in the | | | | e-wastes is to donate used computers to schools and |
| world. It is important to reduce the wastage and | | | | non-profit organizations or you can send it to a |
| increase the re-usage of such items to maintain a | | | | recycling facility that recycles metals, glass and plastic |
| good balance in the environment. One such commodity | | | | like articles. The parts of the computers that can be |
| that has found increasing usage in the past decade is | | | | recycled are the glass monitor, keyboard, CD Rom |
| the computer. Computers are largely in demand in all | | | | drive, plastic case, cathode ray tube, cables, copper in |
| walks of life, be it for personal use or for other | | | | power cord, metals from the circuit board, printer |
| businesses. Although, since these gadgets get | | | | cartridges and batteries. You can also take a step |
| outdated pretty soon and require replacing every now | | | | ahead while ordering new computers by cross |
| and then, it poses a problem in increasing the disposal | | | | checking if the manufacturers offer recycling services. |
| of such electronic waste, also known as e-waste, into | | | | Most major brands and companies offer some form |
| our landfills. e-waste recycling is a method of retaining | | | | of recycling. Certain manufactures also offer a free |
| operable parts and components from unusable | | | | replacement service while purchasing a new computer |
| electronic devices and having systems dismantled in a | | | | of a specific brand. They take back the old computers, |
| way that allows for safe extraction of certain | | | | refurbish them and re-sell them in the market. There |
| constituents from the original to be reused in other | | | | are also online auction sites like eBay where one can |
| products. | | | | resell their computers for a reasonable price. |
| Computers contain toxic and carcinogenic chemicals | | | | The only thing to be taken under consideration for |
| such as lead oxide, mercury, nickel, zinc, cadmium, | | | | secure recycling is that the private data on the hard |
| dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chromium and | | | | drive is destroyed because we do not want to |
| radioactive isotopes which are extremely perilous to | | | | encourage illegal activities like identity thefts that can |
| human health and the environment. Some of these | | | | cause major businesses to lose more than just money. |
| materials like tin, silicon, iron, aluminum and a variety of | | | | Find thousands of scrap metal sellers worldwide. |
| plastics can be reused in the construction of new | | | | Recycling scrap metal has always been a potential |
| systems thus curbing the costs of manufacture of | | | | business. Through recycling scrap metal can anyone |
| fresh raw materials. They may also contain valuable | | | | make money and even more so now with a huge |
| components like lead, copper and gold that can be | | | | emphasis on recycling. |
| retained successfully. Although this comes with a | | | | |