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Newtech News
Recycling Technology
By Vicki Hyman - Star-Ledger Staff (Taken from the Star – Ledger)
ONCE IT RULED the classroom, illuminating a generation of schoolchildren. Now the vintage overhead projector, a dinosaur in the age of PowerPoint, lay tangled in a heap of similar castoffs at a Bridgewater recycling plant.
It will die here. But it will not die alone.
Thousands of computers, some no more than two or three years old, fill the warehouse at Newtech Recycling Inc. Shrink-wrapped into enormous bundles and stacked on pallets, they, too, wait for the endgame. Workers at the plant will strip off their plastic casings, snip the wires and cables and rip out their guts.
How the mighty have fallen.
Today the merciless pace of technology transforms cutting-edge computers into virtual Commodore 64s within a few years. It takes a little time, effort and even a few bucks, but those discarded computers and other consumer electronics can – and, New Jersey solid and Hazardous Waste officials say, should – be recycled.
Computer monitors and televisions contain lead, cadmium and mercury – all toxic substances that can seep into the water supply from landfills. According to a 2003 report by the International Association of Electronics Recyclers, more than 100 million CPUs, monitors and printers will become potential scrap each year, which is also bad news for crammed landfills.
Most counties in New Jersey and some towns accept computers and consumer electronics for recycling, although it’s not as easy as dragging your newspapers to the curb. Some counties and municipalities hold special drop-off events, free to residents, a few times a year. Other counties allow residents to dispose of their computers and electronics free or for a small fee at their recycling centers or landfills throughout the year.
Rutgers University’s Solid Waste policy Group has put together a county-by-county listing of computer recycling options in New Jersey (http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~wastemgmt/)
The Computers and electronic components are typically shipped to a private contractor, who will either upgrade and resell newer models or donate them to charity, or strip them for parts or for the metal and plastic, which can be melted for reuse. Many of these companies also accept computers directly from the public, often for a small fee
(go to http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~wastemgmt/markets.html).
Some private recyclers also accept office equipment and other consumer electronics. Newtech Recycling, for example, will take televisions, telephones, VCRs, power tools, cables, toner and ink cartridges, and yes, even the stray turntable or overhead projector.
“Everything that comes in here will become feed stock for other manufacturers,” says company president Jim Entwistle.
Most computer manufacturers also sponsor some sort of takeback program, either free with the purchase of a computer or for a small fee. Some charities also accept computers, including the National Cristina Foundation, which funnels computers to the poor or disabled (http://www.cristina.org/dsf/), and Share the Technology, (http://sharethetechnology.org/ which lets donors search a national database for the needy recipients, often schools, non-profit agencies and the disabled.
