What is e-Waste?
E-Waste is all obsolete or outdated computers, televisions, cell phones, printers, PDAs, and multitudes of other electronic devices used throughout the day every day.
Why not just throw this stuff into the regular trash?
There are serious environmental concerns that result from the disposal of e-Waste. Here are just a few of the hazardous elements and compounds that are routinely found in everyday electronics:
- Lead in cathode ray tubes and solder
- Mercury in switches and housing
- Arsenic trioxide as flame retardant
- Polybrominated flame retardants in plastic casing, cables, and circuit boards
- Selenium in circuit boards as power to supply rectifier
- Cadmium in circuit boards and semiconductors
- Chromium in steel as corrosion protection
- Cobalt in steel for structural strength and magnetivity
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Mike
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P.S. Did you get a load of all those toxic thingys listed above… Who knew?
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