Saturday, February 7, 2015

Find The Top Computer Recycling Austin Companies

By Ines Flores


E- Waste or electronic waste is a very fast growing part of all metropolitan solid waste. It contains a lot of valuable materials that can be re used in order to make new devices. Computer recycling Austin will take just about any electronic device and dispose of it correctly.

They will recycle anything from office phones, UPS devices, steel, keyboards, and printers in essence anything that has an electrical plug on the end. Their means of disposing them is with a very large shredder that will grind everything down to very small articles and then will automatically sort them into various bundles. Their customers have very good reviews and say they will definitely go back in the future.

Ferrous metals, gold and copper as well as plastics and silver are also very common components that are used in the making of electronics. In many cases mercury, lead, chromium and beryllium are used as well. Beryllium is highly toxic and those that handle it do so with the utmost of care. The name comes from the Greek beryllos which translated means sweet.

It is believed that in a few years the United States of America alone will have as many as sixty plus million surplus computers that will be thrown out. There is a ballpark amount of about fifteen percent that is recycled in the correct way and the rest find their way to landfills and incinerators. If not disposed of precisely mercury, lead as well as cadmium is absorbed into the soil as well as groundwater and the air.

With the aid of recycling the plastics, iron, silicon, tin and aluminium that are used can be re-used in the making of new systems whereas the gold, copper and lead can be reclaimed. A normal monitor holds as much as six percent of lead and a thirty eight centimetre one as much as one kilogram. All the circuit boards contain a very large amount of lead tin solders and this is released into the environment when not disposed of properly.

The benefits of recycling is that any old parts can be cleaned and used in the making of new items. This will reduce pollution, green house gas as well as save energy. It helps with the protection of the environment and saves landfill space as this is a very fast growing waste issue.

Another substance that is toxic is polychlorinated biphenyl or PCB which is an artificial chemical of chlorine. These are used as coolant fluids and dielectric in many electrical apparatus. This can cause damage to the hormone or endocrine system in all mammals and has been known to cause birth defects, cancer and other problems in the development stages of life.

Computer recycling experts will take all electronics and dispose of them correctly and will also keep those components that can be re used separate. There are as much as two hundred and eighty five thousand tons of waste that is found in landfills yearly and these needs to be minimized. Any tablets, printers as well as cabling can be disposed of free of charge.




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