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Article #210: Computer Recycling: What You Need To Know

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Recycling is one of the best ways in iron-poor blood, liver disease, and nerve
which to have a positive impact upon the and brain damage in animals.
world in which we live in. Recycling is Organisations such as Oxfam have set up
highly beneficial for the natural schemes where other charities and schools
environment and human beings. The amount in the third world can benefit from old
of the rubbish we create and dump into disposed computers. Oxfam collect old
the environment is rapidly increasing computers in order to raise money to help
everyday, which is having a horrendous those in need. By disposing of computers
effect on the environment, resulting in in this way, you can help the environment
global warming and the increase in and decrease the population levels. Also
temperature rise. at the same time companies can feel good
The reasons why we are creating more about the way they have disposed
waste are due to; increase in wealth, computers, knowing that they are helping
therefore we have more money to buy others.
products, resulting in more waste. It is very important to recycle
Increase in population means, there are computers, due to high number of
more people creating waste. New packaging computers being disposed of incorrectly
and technological products are being or just stored away, is increasing the
developed, much of these products contain risk of polluting the environment with
materials that are not biodegradable. unfriendly toxins and excess waste.
Recycling is incredibly important as Basically any part / component of a
waste has an extremely negative blow upon computer can be recycled, the keyboard,
the ecosystem. Harmful chemicals and mouse, printer and monitor. The steel
greenhouse gasses are released from cases can be sold on for scrap metals, as
rubbish in landfill sites. Recycling can the chassis of the computer, floppy
helps to reduce the pollution caused by drive chassis, hard drive cases and drive
waste. Habitat destruction and global platters. Heat sinks have to be separated
warming are some the affects caused by out during the recycling process due to
deforestation. Recycling reduces the need their high aluminium alloy content and
for raw materials so that the rainforests these are recycled separately and for
can be preserved. less money per kilo nonetheless still
The production of computer parts involves worth a cash value.
numerous chemicals which are highly Just by correctly disposing products can
dangerous to our health and surroundings. help the environment greatly. By doing
The Information Technology production this you are also doing your bit to help
industry has enormous carbon imprints; fight against global warming, habitat
however the carbon imprints can be destruction and deforestation. All things
reduced through recycling of computer which are harmful to us and the future
components. generations that have to live on this
In order to produce computer parts the IT planet. Due to vast amount of computer
industry uses raw dwindling resources and waste, computers could become more
materials which are already relatively expensive, due to European laws may force
scarce. It is a well known fact that makers to recycle old machines and
major companies only keep IT equipment computer hardware in order to help the
for around 3 years and then dispose of environment.
it. Most of the IT equipment is in good Computer experts have warmed when the new
condition and can be reused and deployed laws are put into force overall computer
in the use of charities, homes, schools prices may levitate to anything between
etc. $50 to $100. This may force companies
Recycling can help in the deployment of into leasing computers to reduce their
old computers, computer components and CPA, and bring down cost in general.
other computer related equipment, Overall disposing of computers correctly
recycling redundant and damaged computers by recycling parts and components could
can be turned into component metals which result in a better cleaner less toxic
can then go towards building new computer environment. Cleaner environment means
or fixing damaged machines. less global warming, habitat destruction
Most of the environmental concerns which and deforestation. Also reducing the
lie with inappropriate disposal of amount of raw materials needed in order
computers are the monitor. Each colour to produce these machines. It is
monitor contains on an average of 4 to 5 therefore highly important to dispose of
pounds of lead. Other chemicals found in the computer in the right place. In many
computers are mercury, cadmium a known countries dumping of electronic equipment
carcinogen and Hexavalent Chromium which in many areas is banned due to highly
is known to cause high blood pressure, toxic chemicals in some components.






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