Recycling allows materials to be used again. Recycling helps useful materials not to be wasted, reduces energy usage. We must recycle everything we can. Recycling is both ecologically and economically important. You help the environment to be a natural and clean place, and you don't scathe your old materials.

      It is possible to Produce Less Waste by the help of 3R's. They are “reducing”, “reusing” and "recycling”.

 

educing: Decreasing waste or consuming and throwing away less.

eusing: Using waste again by repearing, donating or selling.
ecycling: Turning waste into valuable resources.
   

First we should try to reduce producing waste. It is the most preferred method of waste management and goes a long way toward protecting the environment.

 

Then we should try to reuse them as much as we can. This is even better than recycling because the item does not need to be reprocessed before it can be used again.

 

  

Ways to Reuse

  • Using durable coffee mugs.
  • Using cloth napkins or towels.
  • Refilling bottles.
  • Donating old magazines or surplus equipment.
  • Reusing boxes.
  • Turning empty jars into containers for leftover food.
  • Purchasing refillable pens and pencils.
  • Participating in a paint collection and reuse program.
  Recycling must be the last choice because first two choices are more easier and economical than recycling. Recycling is a process that includes collecting recyclable materials that would be considered waste, sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials such as fibers, and manufacturing raw materials into new products.  

Recyclable materials include glass, paper, aluminum, iron, plastics and textiles. There are also biodegradable wastes, such as food or garden waste.
Recycle Loop
 
   Why it is important to recycle electronic and computer parts?
   

Computers have to be taken apart and recycled carefully to make sure the harmful meterials do not leak out or even poison the person doing the recycling. The plastic cases can be recycled too.

 

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Electronic and electrical equipment makes up on average 4% of European domestic waste, and this amount is growing three times faster than any other type of waste.

 

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Many types of electronics contain hazardous materials such as mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic. When these materials are properly put into electronics, they don't cause problems. But when you throw them away with other household wastes, then it's very dangerous for the people and the environment. Sometimes these materials pollute air, and also when they get into the ground, they poison our drinking water.

 

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There are electronic wastes, also known as “e-waste”, are monitors, printers, hard drives, circuit boards, etc… We MUST NOT throw them out with our house wastes, because they contain toxic substances, and they are really hazardous. There is increasing worry about the pollution in Africa, Asia and South America caused by hazardous chemicals and heavy metals.

 

 

  
 
Electronic component Hazardous material Health risks
Computer monitors and televisions Lead Damage to the nervous system, circulatory system, kidneys, and learning disabilities in children.
Printed circuit board, relays and switches, batteries in electrical products Mercury Permanently damage or fatally injure the brain and kidneys.
Relays, switches and circuit boards Arsenic Minor skin damage to skin, lung, and lymphatic cancer; a known carcinogen to humans.
Electrical equipment batteries and cables, circuit boards Cadmium Kidney damage, lung and prostate cancer.
 
 
What's in my PC?
Material Proportion
Plastic 23%
Ferrous metals 32%
Non-ferrous metals 18%
Electronic boards 12%
Glass 15%