OrganizingLA Blog Reader Bruce e-mailed us a link to the Sunday Los Angeles Times Business section and a great article on 'e-waste' recycling.
New businesses are jumping in, and cashing in on collecting pounds and pounds of dead consumer electronics. Many of the electronics contain lead, cadmium and mercury that are banned from city landfills so it's critical we dispose of this stuff in the proper manner. Turns out there's profit in your discarded computer monitors, personal computers, commercial electronics and electronics packaging.
Sources of 'e-waste'
TVs 55.6% Electronics packaging 17.9% Commercial electronics 10.1% Other household electronics 6.1% Computer monitors 5.9% Personal computers 4.4% Figures are for 2002, the latest available
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- LA Times Recyclers at your disposal (make sure you check out the special section "basic e-waste questions answered" at the bottom of the article.
Picture courtesy LA Times and Don Kelson
