Electronics and Computer recycling has a lot of costs, but most people don't want to pay. So what is a business to do? They take shortcuts. A web site that most recycling don't want you to know about BAN. Basel Action Network. The problem is electronics is not very healthy stuff. It is made with a lot of chemicals, metals, and plastics that pose health problems. Not to mention how the disassembly is done.
May be a electronics recycler takes apart the product here. Let's say a computer. The monitor is taken apart, glass crushed. Where is the glass being sent to? Who is paying for the labor to disassemble the computer? It's worth a few cents as raw components, but has some value if it's re-used. If re-used, who is going to pay for the data wiping for the few dollars a computer is worth? And if taken apart, who is the Printed Circuit Boards being sent to? How far downstream can this be monitored? What does it actually mean when a company has ISO 14001?
From what I can see of the industry, there is a huge amount of competition and a lot of interest in the industry. The challenge is actually recycling in an environmentally friendly way. Unfortunately as a consumer, it's hard to tell who is actually doing a environmentally friendly way. And since most people expect it be done for free, where is the incentive to do it right?
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