Electronics waste is growing exponentially. For computers, it’s three. Recycling, or “E-cycling,” these and other electronic items is critical for preserving landfill space and for ensuring that hazardous materials used to make electronics are properly disposed.
Many electrical items such as mobile phones, computers and PDA’s contain valuable plastics and metals. Unfortunately not every electronic recycler follows environmentally sound recycling practices; however, responsible electronics recyclers and refurbishers can now become certified by demonstrating to an accredited, independent third party that they meet available standards on responsible recycling practices.
E-waste is defined as all obsolete or outdated computers, televisions, cell phones, printers, PDAs, and thousands of other devices commonly used in offices, homes, and by people on the go. The global technological revolution is fueling the rapidly increasing e-waste recycling problem.
The demand to effectively and safely recycle the obsolete electronics is pushed by the same demands our society imposes to manufacture the new, smaller, faster more efficient software.
Electronic waste is generally considered anything that plugs into a wall or accepts batteries. Many major retailers have instituted take-back programs and municipalities have created drop-off locations to help quell e-waste issues.
computer recycling or electronic recycling is the recycling or reuse of computers or other electronics. Reuse Maximize the lifecycle of computers, laptops and related electronic equipment by recovering and refurbishing them to donate to charities and other non-profit organizations at no cost, included it asset recovery. Recycle ensure all materials not suitable for donation, are appropriately recycled in a responsible and environmentally friendly way.
Donating used electronics for reuse extends the lives of valuable products. Recycling electronics prevents valuable materials from going into the waste stream. Consumers now have many options to recycle or donate for reuse their used electronics. Many computer, TV, and cell phone manufacturers, as well as electronics retailers offer some kind of take back program or sponsor recycling events.
IT Asset Management procedures can be easily extended to include Information Technology Asset Disposal (ITAD), giving companies the ability to proactively plan for asset retirement from both a technology and a financial perspective.