Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Here today gone tomorrow
Blackberries, Ipod generations, the new but now old computer- Americans today apparently are using more and getting rid of more electronic devices than ever before. You didn’t have to tell me that. After a friend gave me their 3 year “old” ipod last year and a parts store could make hide nor hare of what the alien device I had handed them was as I searched for a power cable, the truth of the matter crept a little closer to home. It’s simply harder to stay hip than it used to be and that means our not so hip gadgets will be hitting the curb quicker than Angelina Jolie adopts babies. Where is all of this stuff going to go?
The bad news: In 2005 the EPA estimated there was 2.2 million tons of e-waste that missed the recycling loop, inserting a significant amount of cadmium, lead and mercury into our environment.
The good news: There are a number of groups setting up e-recycling programs such as the Bryant Park Project, E-Cycling Central (which can direct you to specific sorts of recycling programs in your own state), and the somewhat-good-ole EPA who can tell us where we can take our TV and shove it……into a recycling bin.
