new york tells you how to deal with obsolete components
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In new 2012, a new law prohibition in New York announced that whether private or public waste haulers andtransporters in the state of New York are prohibited from collecting electronic scrap unless is it destined to be recycledor reused.TRANSCRIPT
New York Tells You How to Deal With Obsolete Components
In new 2012, a new law prohibition in New York announced that whether private or public waste haulers and
transporters in the state of New York are prohibited from collecting electronic scrap unless is it destined to be recycled
or reused.
The prohibition is included in the New York State
Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, which
falls under the purview of the NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC).
According to the DEC, the law also requires handlers of the electronics to provide customers with written information
regarding available options for recycling obsolete electronics. In addition, owners and operators of solid or hazardous
waste management facilities must post signage about the new law in conspicuous locations.
The law is intended to shift the end-of-life costs of
managing electronic scrap from municipalities to
product manufacturers and to encourage consumers to
"take advantage of the numerous free and convenient
recycling opportunities available to them as part of this
new law," according to the DEC.
Here are the electronic components referred by the prohibition:
Computers
Televisions
Cathode ray tubes
Small scale servers
Computer peripherals (including any cable, cord,
or wiring permanently affixed to or incorporated
into the computer peripheral.)
Monitors
Electronic keyboards
Electronic mice or similar pointing devices
Facsimile machines, document scanners, and
printers (only those intended for use with a
computer and weighing less than 100 lbs.)
Small electronic equipment (including any cable,
cord, or wiring permanently affixed to or
incorporated into the small electronic equipment.)
VCRs
Digital video recorders
Portable digital music players
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DVD players
Digital converter boxes
Cable or satellite receivers
Electronic or video game consoles
Why We Should Recycle?
From the above list we can see almost all the electronic
equipment contained in its prohibition range are
consumer electronics which we used the most in our
daily life. And what’s more, their updating is quicker
than others. Industry experts estimate that U.S.
consumers throw away 400 million units of electronic
equipment per year.
Environment protection. Recycling electronic equipment helps reduce pollution that would normally be emitted while
manufacturing a new product and the need to extract valuable and limited virgin resources.
Energy waste. When people just throw away large volumes of electronics it is a waste of very valuable recyclable
resources. Most components in electrical equipment, including the hazardous components, can be safely recycled
through proper recycling companies. Disposal is not the answer.
It is always a much safer idea to ensure you pass computers and other electronics need to be properly handled by a
responsible recycling company rather than being sent to a waste disposal company.
There are a number of companies these days that will pick up electrical equipment without charge. If more and more
companies start to provide this free service, people will think about recycling there electrical equipment more.
Recycling electronic waste protects human health and the environment by:
Diverting thousands of pounds of waste from landfills and incinerators;
Keeping toxins such as lead, mercury and cadmium from contaminating the air, water and soil; and
Conserving natural resources by allowing valuable materials to be reclaimed and reused, rather than using
virgin materials.
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