by Kim | Apr 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Recycling your cell phone helps protect the environment in a number of ways. Cell phones are made from valuable resources such as precious metals, copper, and plastics—all of which require energy to mine and process. Recovering these materials by recycling avoids the...
by Kim | Apr 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Despite making up less than 2% of the U.S. waste stream, e-waste is responsible for two-thirds of heavy metals in landfills. And when improperly disposed of in a landfill, these toxic chemicals can leach into the soil and even contaminate groundwater....
by Kim | Apr 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Unwanted consumer electronics – cell and smart phones, computers and monitors, televisions, DVD and MP3 players, pagers, PDAs and other devices – are the fastest-growing category of waste in Massachusetts. Until recently, Bay Staters were discarding an average of more...
by Kim | Apr 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
http://politicalsnapshots.wordpress.c… PBS.org …”hundreds of thousands of tons of American e-waste makes its way into China, despite laws intended to stop it.” PBS documentary: Ghana, Digital Dumping Ground “Just a few miles from Hong...