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Protecting your electronic waste from “fake” recyclers.

In our previous article on Fake Ewaste Recycling, we highlighted the issue of fake recycling companies illegally exporting electronic waste and the damage they were causing to public health and the environment. It can be easy to shrug off the damage our Ewaste is doing overseas by claiming that it doesn’t affect you, and possibly that we are helping their economy by providing employment for poverty stricken areas. A report for PBS however, reveals that the downsides of illegal exporting is closer to home than we think. The report suggested that criminal organisations in Ghana "comb through" the electronic waste exported from the U.S

By 1800ewaste|2020-11-29T19:27:55+11:00November 29th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

Monitoring the effects of our obsolete CRT monitors

CRTs, or cathode ray tubes as they’re formerly known, make up the inside of old style television sets and computer monitors. That hefty looking thing in the attic taking up most of the space? That’s probably your old analogue CRT television . A CRT is a vacuum tube that contains an electron gun and florescent screen used to view images. The face of a CRT is usually made up of a thick lead to protect its delicate interior and block the harmful X-Ray emissions from the viewer. Make way CRTs, LCD coming through… With the boom in technological advances over recent years, the CRT

By 1800ewaste|2020-10-18T14:26:13+11:00August 9th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

Ewaste is for life, not just for Christmas

As Christmas draws to a close for another year and we prepare to celebrate the New Year, we often find that our drawers and shelves are bursting to the brim with a mixture of old, new and obsolete. And in a an era where technology is forever being updated and improved, household ewaste stocks are fast becoming out of control. With the increase in iPad, iPad 2 and Kindle sales this Christmas, how many normal old laptops do you think will be taking pride of place at the back of your cupboards this year? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Alternative ways for ewaste preservation At

By 1800ewaste|2020-03-08T08:29:40+11:00March 8th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|