Computer Disposal

As people living on the earth, its is very easy to recycle. It’s so easy that all you have to do is set your recycling bin outside for the weekly curbside pickup. However, there are also places you can go and take everything you wish to recycle and the recycling plant will even pay for your recycling. However it is not as convenient if you are not taking large amounts and just taking your weekly recycling supplies. A majority of items that are produced can always be recycled and used again. It is extremely easy for anyone to recycle and help the Earth.

Recycling has been the environmental crusade to reducing the human footprint, with it’s spotlight shining down on in recent years. It was the noblest of causes, recycling being a great idea for the environment and society; but it is being handled poorly. Its modern descendant has turned into a corporate scheme with recycling becoming a business, instead of being about the environment because marketers are using environmentalism as a excuse for overconsumption, recycling products are only being recycled for profit, and cities & big business use inflated numbers to attain media attention. Let’s now take a look at the bread and butter of

Electronics Recycling. Electronic recycling is one consideration the company can do better with. Recycling in general lowers greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by manufacturing items for the first time. Recycling electronics conserves natural resources making cleaner air and water. The valuable resources computers and electronic components carry are metals, plastics, and glass. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), recycling a million laptops would give back enough energy for 3500 American homes’ electricity. A million cell phones would could yield 35,000 pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold, and 33 pounds of palladium. Instead of throwing out the old computers and blackberry’s, the company could simply upgrade the hardware or software and then recycle the parts necessary.

E-waste or electronic waste is the number 1 fastest growing trash in the united states since 2004. E-waste is made up of lead, mercury, , and caldium. All of these Acids are deadly to the human body. Alex lin and many other teen activists work with these acids every day. Also, These activists are trying to stop these deadly acid from seeking into the ground and killing natural resources. These acids can also get into the water systems and harm people. When you get a new electronic you would most likely through it out in the TRASH, but you should recycle old electronics. According to the Electronic recycling 101 article, 3 million tons of electronic are trough out and only 13.6 of them are recycled. This shows that many people are unaware of

From cell phones and CrackBerries to iPhones and laptops, technology has become such an integral part of our daily lives, we wouldn't know how to live without it.

The majority of society has adapted to the technology-rich world that we live in. After all, an important aspect of a good electronic is its user-friendliness and adaptability. We have taken advantage of all technologies improvements in products and services. However, in the future, technology will provide much more than just products and services. It will provide autonomous transportation and engrossing entertainment. It will also enhance education, ameliorate the healthcare industry, help the environment, grow global economy and much more. Technology will have a vital

Americans have yet to face the unnerving reality of the fact that “in 2008 only 7.1% of the 30.05 million tons of plastic waste in America was recycled” (Linn). This low percentage is shocking, outrageous, and should terrify the American public, but this number can change. Recycling is not just a feel good experience; it is a way to help save energy, space, and money. However, with the enormous amount of trash being thrown out each year, landfills are increasing in size creating numerous issues. The staggering amount of waste increases greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming and building up dangerous toxins that sink underground into our soil and water, overflows into wildlife habitats and oceans, and costs a large amount of money to remove. By fining residents who incorrectly dispose of recyclable goods, implementing recycling as a requirement in educational institutions and other business and residential settings, categorizing the

Yes, recycling is often preferable to sending materials straight to the landfill, but recycling has its own demons. A big concern regarding recycling is the possibility of encouraging over consumption. As award winning environmental journalist Amy Westervelt explains in her essay, “Can Recycling Be Bad for the Environment”, people will ease the guilty they feel for massively over-consuming disposable goods by tossing the used items into their recycling bins (213). But not everything that’s recyclable gets recycled—recycling is

As electronic product lifespan is getting shorter and shorter, repairing is not cost-effective. Hence, consumers tend to purchase new models instead. Only in 2014 and 2015, 121866 tonnes of televisions, computers and computer complements reached end of life (Department of the Environment and Energy, 2016). Such a high rate of disposal has generated more e-waste, but

Technology has, since the primitive years, always been used to invent tools in order to solve problems. This would, in turn, simplify and make man’s life easier. Through advancements in the field, man has become more efficient on both the macro- and microscopic level. Anything nowadays can be attained with either the flip of a switch or a click of a mouse. One particular technology that came about in this time was the smartphone. Since 2008, the smartphone, a device that combines a normal cell phone with a computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, e-mail capability, etc. all in your hand was deemed as ground-breaking technology and created one of the largest and most competitive market in terms of

Unfortunately, the EPA estimates that only 10 percent of e-waste is recycled annually. Even more upsetting, though, are the conditions in which some of these materials are recycled. While some firms operate under strict environmental regulations with adequate protocols to protect workers' health, many do not.

Electronic wastes are products that have become unwanted and are not being used anymore as if they were to not have a use in life anymore. The reason for this is because technology advances so quickly that people begin to put aside older electronic devices. A good example of this would be the Apple IPhones. When the IPhone 5 came out it sold 9 million units, and then after 1-year when the iPhone 6 became released, many people put aside their iPhone 5’s or disposed of them improperly after purchasing the new IPhone.

Technology is developing day by day. With technology developing, innovation is increasing. This modern era, technology is everything. But is only technology good enough for us? Not quite. The technology we want has to be innovative, they have to fulfill every requirement that we desire. They have to be efficient, they have to cool and good looking, most of they have to be unique and of high performance qualities. Hundreds and thousands of different types of technological advancements have occurred. A specified area to cover and witness the massive development of technology would be the electrical devices. More specifically, mobile devices. These are devices that are known for their portability and flexibility of use. A mobile device now a days is never one single functioning piece of equipment. A modern mobile device includes the features of a music player, a video player, a phone device, an internet browsing device and so many other multi purpose features. We all know that these are all found in smart phones. But they are even more powerful features in tablets. Tablets are basically a regular smart phone, but with everything much bigger. With tablets, bigger is better. Tablets are a major breakthrough in technological advancement and developments. Tabs are found in almost every day households, but mostly they are found in the uses of official works. There are tens and hundreds of types of tabs. But one company stands out from the rest. They are known for their innovation

Have you ever thought of where your electronic go when it's old and you have no use for it. Most of us don't think of these stuff because we believe other will deal with it, but in reality it is a growing problem for all of us. What is e-waste? According to Dictionary.com, "any discarded electronic or electrical devices or their parts; also called electronic waste." E-waste is a big problem due to a lot of the component being toxic and non-biodegradable. Many company are sending their waste to other countries to be dump. It is cheaper to send them to other countries rather than a recycling plant which cause company

KEY ISSUE: Electronic waste (aka: E-Waste) produced by affluent countries ends up in developing countries, where it poisons the local environment and people. 41.5 million tons of e-waste was generated in 2011, and 93.5 million tons is expected to be generated per year by 2016 (Bonnington 2014). Many companies claim to have the environment in mind by designing products that use less energy or have eco-friendly packaging (Bonnington 2014). However, those green initiatives aren’t worth boasting about, since billions of electronics are trashed annually for the newer, more publicized versions.