E-Recycling
Americans now own about 24 electronic products per household. The rapid increase in consumer electronics purchases has created a growing stream of used devices in need of appropriate management.
Americans now own about 24 electronic products per household. The rapid increase in consumer electronics purchases has created a growing stream of used devices in need of appropriate management.
With technology changing so quickly, many businesses have old computers, monitors and hard drives stockpiled somewhere in storage. The information on those hard drives can be found and taken.
Cell phones are also resource-intensive, composed of precious metals such as silver, gold, palladium and copper. Recovering these and other materials through recycling uses a fraction of the energy needed to mine new metals.