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Computer monitors are typically packed into low stacks on wooden pallets for recycling and then shrink-wrapped. [1]Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics; when referring to specific types of e-waste, the terms like computer recycling or mobile phone recycling may be used.
UNICOR, a large government contractor, produced over $765 million in sales in 2005 [31] and has accepted contracts for recycling e-waste since 1997. UNICOR has developed e-waste recycling operations in 10 federal prisons. [32] In addition, in 2009, UNICOR had 1,000 incarcerated individuals processing about 40 million pounds of e-waste. [33]
The Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (2003 Cal ALS 526) (EWRA) is a California law to reduce the use of certain hazardous substances in certain electronic products sold in the state. [1] The act was signed into law September 2003.
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Residents living around the e-waste recycling sites, even if they do not involve in e-waste recycling activities, can also face the environmental exposure due to the food, water, and environmental contamination caused by e-waste, because they can easily contact to e-waste contaminated air, water, soil, dust, and food sources.
Electronic Waste Recycling Act can refer to: California Electronic Waste Recycling Act, passed in 2003; E-Cycle Washington, a Washington State, US law, passed in 2006; Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, in Europe, passed in 2003
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