Computer recycling

     Electronic rubbish, and computer equipment in particular, is a rapidly expanding stream of waste. Low prices allow consumers to replace the computers often, and a rapid technological change means, so it will generate a large amount of technological waste.

• Why is it important to recycle computer equipment?

     Our computer is made up of: plastic (32%), ferrous metals (18%), non-ferrous metals (12%), electronic boards (15%) and glass (23%).

Such items should on no account be thrown out with your household rubbish because they contain toxic substances, and are dangerous waste.

• How does it recycle it?

     There are differents ways that you can perform for disposal:

    -Returning the product to the manufacturer: Increasingly, manufacturers of electronic goods incorporate the recycle of computers management into their environmental policies. The manufactures cover the cost of home pick-up, shipping to the recycling centre, and recycling of any obsolete equipment.

     Then, when it arrive to the recycle place, the computers are sorted according to type or material. Materials like steel and aluminium are then recycled to make new products, from car parts to plastic toys.

     -Taking the item to a professional waste disposal facility:The process is the same as with a manufacturer scheme, but you may have to pay for collection and disposal of the waste.

  -Donating the goods to a non-profit organisation: A number of non-profit organisations collect electronic equipment including computers and printers, either for reuse or for de-manufacture and recycling. Recipients pay nothing for the equipment or buy it at a heavily discounted rate.

Now, you haven't got any excuse to don't recycle the computers! ;D