Why should you recycle electronics responsibly?


Research estimates that electronic waste accounts for 80% of American’s toxic garbage and is growing exponentially. Electronic waste contains is a toxic threat to soil and water supplies worldwide. Metech collects, carefully disassembles and shreds or crushes material, and distributes the end product to certified downstream partners for reprocessing and recycling into new products or raw materials. While that may seem to be the expected definition of recycling, the reality is that less than 15% of e-waste material actually finds its way into new products in the form of recycled material and the rest is dumped in landfills or shipped to other countries where lead, cadmium, mercury, and other hazards end
up poisoning air, soil, and water supplies. Improperly handled toxic waste then ends up in toys, food, and other global supply chains. Metech guarantees it does not export hazardous waste material;
it does not landfill or incinerate hazardous waste material.

Metech is a responsible steward of the environment. We recently received approval from the Basel Action Network (BAN) that all seven Metech locations across the country passed e-Steward audits and are now Qualified e-Stewards.
E-Stewards are leading North American electronics recyclers who are qualified as upholding the highest standard
of environmental and social responsibility.

As the toxic impact of the growing e-waste problem is recognized, BAN encourages all communities, businesses, governments, and citizens to be sure they use only Qualified e-Steward recyclers. This is critically important because there is little e-waste regulation and enforcement of recycling standards in North America.

Thanks for doing your part to keep toxic waste out of our water and soil systems with Recycle A PC.
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