Recycling

A Gartner Group research indicated that 133,000 personal computers are replaced or discard every day in the United States. In 2002, United State Environmental Protection Agency estimated that 57 million computers and televisions containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs) were sold annually and 20 to 24 million are replaced or discarded in the U.S. EPA estimated that the rate of such replacement in the coming decade would increase faster due to the advance of digital technologies. It is a tremendous challenge to prevent these obsolete electronics to reach the landfills where hazardous materials can get into soil and underground water.

Beginning in 1992, EPA banned landfill dumping of CRTs, and since 1993, EPA began targeting companies that dispose CRTs through landfills or incineration. Many state and local regulatory agencies are now monitoring the disposal of CRTs and other computer equipment. Since there are no effective ways to completely eliminate the e-waste problems today, the governments encourage reuse and proper recycling of the electronic waste and impose heavy fines to those hazardous e-waste generators who violate the law and regulations. As an experienced leader in e-waste recycling, Lynswell can assist anyone who generates e-waste to avoid costly result from an EPA "green audit".

Technologies have greatly enhanced our lives but in the mean time have produced huge volume of electronic devices that contain many materials hazardous to our health and environment. For instance, the Cathode Ray Tube of a computer monitor contains 4-8 pounds of lead-contaminated materials in addition to barium, phosphor, and hexavalent chromium; mercury, beryllium and cadmium are commonly found in motherboard components; and one set of average personal computer may contain up to 13.8 pounds of plastics including PVC.

For more information please contact us at: recycling@lynswell.com