Dec 12 2008
Computer Recycling
I have a few good friends who work and live in the Toronto area of Canada. They are always telling me that the city is big on recycling electronics. Toronto electronics recycling has fast become a huge industry with the constant changing of technology. It is becoming harder to harder for bigger companies to dispose of all that old equipment.
There is one good company that I have researched called ADL Process. They handle computer disposal in Toronto. They take computers and other forms of electronics and recycle them. They handle the whole process for companies so that the products are disposed of in a way that is environmentally safe.
This company should be an example to all of us webmasters who thrive on the newest greatest technological device. As we upgrade, expand, switch phones, and other activities that involve replacing old with new, we need to take the time to consider what we are doing with the old products. Are we recycling and disposing of them in the proper manner?
It is everyone’s job to prevent these materials from making it to the landfill. I challenge my many readers and webmasters everywhere to think carefully when disposing of your products and if you are in the Toronto area, be sure to contact ADL for proper procedures. If not, you may be able to find a similar company right in your own city.
We just upgraded my computer, Computer Recycling is becoming more and more important for the world.
Many recycling companies can now offer pick up services. Not only do they recycle but donate electrical equipmet too.
I use a company called Computation to recycle my computer hardware. They pick up big quantities, are friendly, AND they even provide you with a certificate of recycling and secure data destruction.
Over here we recycle computers by giving them direct to charity shops who clean them up and send them out to places like schools in Africa. Most major charities also have some form of computer and/or moble phone collection strategy which are then recycled for use in poorer countries.
I could rant about business models, cost efficiency and ethics, but i’ll just say: Be forewarned!. Check that your chosen Electronics recycler actually recycles your waste and doesn’t send is to developing countries. If you’re sending your computer to a charity, make sure that they’re reputable and no selling your compuer on to traders in developing countries. These countries have no statute in place for dealing with this toxic waste carefully and so thousands of people are dying as a direct result of breaking down our old e-waste in the open, polluting their groundwater and breathing in toxic fumes.