e-waste recovery

Green issues are sometimes complex. We need to recycle many things, like electronics, but we certainly don’t want to poison others in the process. Efforts to protect the environment and conserve valuable resources must be coupled with proper health and safety procedures. Unfortunately, just saying this doesn’t make it happen. Developing countries are becoming a dumping ground for much toxic waste and proper environmental health and safety is being ignored, both by local opportunists and suppliers of e-Waste from developed nations.

About three to five years. Thats the average lifespan of most electronics devices these days. So it’s not surprising that to hear that we junk about 2 million tons of e-waste every year.

I personally like to change my cell phone about every two years for the newer more beautiful one.

Ten stories about the varying states of recycling, from promising and valuable to dangerous exploitation.  E-waste, plastics, cell phones, "free electronics recycling", how to recycle plastic (from the EPA), and more.

What to do with your old electronics? Lots of people are asking themselves that question. Gathering dust in your basement, these electronics have no good use. Well that was true until now.

Sony Canada is tacking action on this case. They are putting in place a recycling program for all its end-of-life products at no cost to the consumer. No purchase is necessary. Just send in your old equipment.

Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the following: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be greener and more environmentally responsible?

Greennbiz.com introduces its GreenBiz Index, "a set of 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, and more."