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Recycling Your Old Technology

Electronic waste (or e-waste) is the fastest growing part of the waste stream. Electronics seem safe to use, but if we throw them out, they can leak toxic chemicals like lead, mercury and cadmium into our water and air. One computer monitor can contain 4-8 pounds of lead, which if released can hurt an entire community.

There are 500 million obsolete computers in the U.S. alone and only 10% of unwanted and obsolete computers are ever recycled.

Letting old computers sit in a closet will increase the chances that it won't have a second life and end up being toxic waste.

Listen in as the Data Doctors give you many options for ensuring that your old technology doesn't add to the global problem of e-waste!

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Original Air Date: Apr 19, 2008

This Week's Links

• Before you donate, sell or recycle your old PC...
• Diagram of toxic chemicals in your PC
• The Electronics Take Back Coalition
• AZ's Students Recycling Used Technology
• Finding a recycler in your area
• The National Christina Foundation
• The EPA's list of local recycling programs