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Recycling of minerals in modern technical gadgets

Safely Dispose of Techno Gadgets,EEN.com,  6 July Technology gets old — it’s just the way it works (or stops working). So what do you do with it when it’s time for a new laptop or cell phone? Unless you’ve got one of the new biodegradable cell phones, you probably don’t want to chuck all that plastic and silicon into a landfill where it will probably sit for the next few thousand years.
So what are your options for recycling your technology? The first place you should check out is the EPA website for an extensive list of companies that allow you to recycle your e-waste in
various ways, whether through take-backs, mail-ins, or even trade-in incentive programs. Among the companies listed is Office Depot, which applies a two-dollar cash award to your rewards card for each printer ink cartridge you turn in (although you may also want to look into refilling your used cartridges). Sprint, also listed there, has a “Buy Back” program that gives Sprint customers an account credit forreturning select Sprint or Nextel phones.

The website also has links to places that you can recycle electronic devices like computers,
printers, TVs, and monitors….. http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/44632

July 7, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | RARE EARTHS