Gadget Graveyard
Ever wonder where your recycled electronics go?
From Wired:
"Pictured here is the "demanufacturing" center of the company's [Sims Recycling Solutions] Roseville, California facility, where workers disassemble everything from printers, cameras and computers to Jumbotrons for their reusable materials. The facility receives roughly 150,000 pounds of used electronics a day."
Wired Article.
How to recycle old electronics.
From Wired:
"Pictured here is the "demanufacturing" center of the company's [Sims Recycling Solutions] Roseville, California facility, where workers disassemble everything from printers, cameras and computers to Jumbotrons for their reusable materials. The facility receives roughly 150,000 pounds of used electronics a day."
Wired Article.
How to recycle old electronics.


















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http://current.com/items/89500466/following_the_trail_of_toxic_e_waste.htm
Fair enough if they were broken or not working, but if there's still some life left in them then wouldn't recycling them be more logical by putting them back into use?
Like banknotes, they don't remove second-hand or even 100th hand banknotes until they're so worn it's best to take them out of circulation.