City E-waste day sets record for recyclable electronics

Anita Brunsting, sponsor for Victoria College's Phi Theta Kappa honor society, unloads eWaste city at the site collection. FROM NEWS RELEASEOriginally October 9, 2010 at 2: 06 pm released updated 
What was COLLECTED30:

865 pounds of computers
44,935 Pounds of monitors
93,021 Pounds of televisions
59,597 Pounds other electronics.

The 2010 E waste day on Sept. 17 and 18 set new records for electronic collection despite heavy rain and some nearby lightning on both days. The city of Victoria recycling and solid waste/recycling Department in partnership with bass computer electronic waste from 1,300 residents and businesses in the area of Victoria.
"We saw almost 400 people in the first four hours," said Darryl Lesák, Deputy Director of the environmental services."Collected in the year 2009 we 68 tons of s Abfälle.Wir doubled almost this amount at the this year's event by collecting 114 tons of e-waste."

Bass computer employee worked efficiently wrap unloading of vehicles, palletize, and Pack 10 Lastwagen.Die e waste Electronics was brought in Houston, where bass computer removes all information from the hard drives of computers and disassembled the e-waste into marketable pieces and Teile.Die e-waste is recycled, or reclaimed be reused and back into the market.

Electronic waste makes almost 5 percent of the volume of trash and among fastest growing category of fixed Siedlungsabfälle.E waste containing frequently hazardous substances such as lead and mercury, which can harm the environment if it wird.Recycling disposed of e-waste the best way is to dispose of it.


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