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lundi 9 février 2015

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By Ines Flores


E- Waste or electronic waste is a very fast growing part of all metropolitan solid waste. It contains a lot of valuable materials that can be re used in order to make new devices. Computer recycling Austin will take just about any electronic device and dispose of it correctly.

Each of these devices has some or other poison that is used that can be harmful to the surroundings. Aluminium is a substance that has one atom and is used due to the fact that it is a very good conductor of electricity as well as heat. It is strong and light and is rust resilient. This compound is known to slow down plant growth and is thought to contribute to Alzheimer's disease but has of yet not been proven.

Before one thinks of recycling find out if there are any schools or nursing homes that are willing to take the old one, these are expensive and not everyone can afford new ones. Whether it is being given away or not always start by wiping off all private information from the hard drive. Doing a back up of everything is a must.

Many new uses think that once the personal files have been deleted there is no trace left, which is not true, the information might be harder to find but it is still there. Any programmer that is skilled will be able to find all this information fairly easily. To ensure all is deleted overwrite the hard drive and not just once but a few times.

With the aid of recycling the plastics, iron, silicon, tin and aluminium that are used can be re-used in the making of new systems whereas the gold, copper and lead can be reclaimed. A normal monitor holds as much as six percent of lead and a thirty eight centimetre one as much as one kilogram. All the circuit boards contain a very large amount of lead tin solders and this is released into the environment when not disposed of properly.

The toxic substance dioxin or polychlorinated dibenzodioxins is a group of compounds that are major ecological pollutants. They are likely to cause both short term and long term damage by the way they change the growth rates in animals and plants. Many do not dissolve once dumped and will remain for years under the soil.

An E- Waste Grant program has been introduced by the Bureau of Waste Management and it is to help aid in the collection and processing of such waste. There are a few centres that are in the process of being established that will be able to serve more than half of the Kansas counties. In order to find which one has been started or is soon to begin consult the Kansas Recycling Directory.

In order to keep our children and their children's children safe one should discard any and all electronics safely. Computer recycling professionals will take the hassle out of this allowing one to have peace of mind. If one is not sure as to what can be taken their personnel are all friendly and willing to help.




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