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Summary: Recycling used computers is important to avoid spreading the heavy metals, like zinc, lead and copper, into the environment. Discover where to recycle electronics, visiting eRecycle.com for more information, with helpful information from an avid environmentalist in this free video on environmental health.
"Ah, don't worry, I'm not a computer. I was just foolin' with ya'. You know, actually I want to tell you about how to recycle computers and other things called eWaste. Well, let's start off with why computers and electronic waste needs to be recycled. Most computer circuit boards, including the monitors, the keyboards contain heavy metals such as zinc, lead, copper, and if those type of metals get into the environment then it causes all kinds of havoc with natural ecosystems. It hurts the animals and the plants that live in the environment, and it hurts people too. So, here's what you need to do if you have any material in your house that's electronic waste. If it has a circuit board generally it's electronic waste. Some examples besides computers are things like television sets, VCR'S, CD players. So, if you want to know where to recycle those materials go to a website, it's eRecycle. It gives you all kinds of information how to recycle those computer parts, and by recycling you'll be keeping those heavy metals and all that other pollutant material out of the environment, and it will also help them be made into new products that can be used by all of us. If you'd like more information check out the eRecycle website. It will it will tell you exactly how you can live a little more gently on the earth."
eHow Article: How to Recycle Used Computers