recycle your old computer system

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Be sure to recycle your old computers and monitors

In this day and age of computers. Landfills are piling up with computer parts, monitors and keyboards. This is hazardous to to our landfills and our health.

Why recycle my old junky computer?

There are several chemicals used in making computer wafer boards , plastics and monitors (including the glass). When your junked computer ends up in a landfill along with your monitor, they tend to burn them up. By burning the computer and monitor you will be releasing all the chemicals used in making the computer. The plastic along is noxious and releases carbons in the atmosphere. Both the computer wafer board and monitor contain mercury and other chemicals known to cause cancer. Could you just imagine the amount of computers burned each year along with the amount of acid rain produced by the burning of these components. All components of both computer and monitor can be stripped down and recycled. The metals can be stripped and sold along with the plastic casing for both the computer and monitor. disc drives could always be refurbished. If a hard drive is salvageable , it could be resold used. So there you have it. A common sense way of DIY computer recycling. But really, who can recycle this stuff by themselves?I would honestly search around for a recycling center for strictly computers and monitors. They do have them. Awhile ago I saw an advertisement over the internet for a computer warehouse accepting junk computers for recycling. I dont know about now though. You probably would have to do some searching abit over the internet and in newspapers.

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  • ecoitcdl Jan 31, 2012 @ 5:26 am | delete
    Very imformative article! I'm still surprised these days that computers and IT equipment is still ending up at landfill. There are a vast amount of computer recycling companies out there that provide a completely free computer recycling service for businesses.

    Better still, why not donate your old computer to a charity or post it on gumtree! Be sure to remove all your personal data before-hand though!

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