Protecting the environment from e-waste

Research in the past has showed that computers, among other items, are one the most hazardous products for consumers to be throwing into landfill, due to materials the components are produced from.

The main problem, for instance, monitors, contain cathode ray tubes, which themselves are classed as a hazardous material for the environment, not to mention, the 4-8 pounds that each monitor contains.

Of course it’s not the lead that’s the problem, its what it’s made from, which is carcinogen and neurotoxin, and sometimes cadmium, mercury, and chromium, all hazardous materials.

Of course, at some point, a monitor may completely give up the ghost, and the consumber has no other option, than to throw it away.

However, research shows a large proportion of monitors, are simply being thrown away for high specification models. The option here of course is, even if the original consumer no longer requires the product, is to donate it to charity, or give it to someone that needs it.

Apart from the above suggestion in increase in companies offering computer recyclable incentives is increasing day by day, the components are generally used to fix broken monitors, or components from several broken monitors, to create a new one, meaning less is going to landfill.