Electronics Recycling

Can you simply throw away your old television or other electronics items that you no longer need? Well, unwanted electronics cannot be thrown along with regular trash, give the risk associated with hazardous waste. If you no longer need your old favorite computer or television, you ought to look for expert help because electronics junk removal requires careful attention. You can trust experts for the task. Action Junk Hauling is happy to partner with you as far as junk removal is concerned.

Electronics We Recycle

• TVs
• LED TVs
• Flat Screen TVs
• Plasma TVs
• CRT TVs
• Computers
• Laptops
• Tablets
• Monitors
• Printers
• Cell phones
• Smartphones
• Landline phones
• Gaming Consoles
• Cable boxes & Cabling
• VCRs / DVD players
• DVDs
• VHS
• Printers
• Copy Machines
• Sound system
• Stereos
• Speakers

Electronics Junk Removal Services

If you want to get rid of your outdated electronics because you are keen to purchase those with cutting-edge technology, you ought to responsible dispose of the same. Remember, electronics are not included in the items meant for curbside collection. Disposal of junk requires time and effort. If you do not have the time to spend on hauling away junk to a safe disposal site, you should let expert electronics junk removal teams to responsibly do the job.

The reason is that electronics items are not part of your average garbage. Electronics junk removal must be done carefully considering the risk of hazardous elements that could severely affect the environment.

Action Junk Hauling specialists have the expertise, training, and tools to pick up the unwanted electronic items from your home or office, saving you time and money. The items are then sorted to find useful products that can be donated. Sorting also helps in identifying items that can be recycled or repurposed. Those that can be recycled are sent to the correct recycling depot.

Need for Electronics Recycling

Now you might be interested to know why electronics cannot be disposed of along with your garbage. As you know electronic items contain certain toxic chemicals that can prove hazardous for life and nature. If left to degrade in the environment, these can raise pollution in the soil, water, and air.

Electronic equipment, including cell phones, television, radio, use certain chemicals, such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and brominated flame retardants. Dumping of electronic items in a garbage dump or landfill exposes them to rain, moisture, and groundwater that causes water and soil contamination. Chemicals in electronics tend to leach out into the soil and water Therefore, safe disposal of electronics equipment is a step to protect the environment and those who live on the earth.

This shows that landfills are not the best site to dispose of electronics.  Unless you are aware of the best disposal site for electronic items, you may be inclined to dispose of the junk in landfills. But given the risk of electronic waste disposal in landfills, would you still be interested to contribute to the contamination of the environment?

One ton of circuit boards could yield 40-800 times more gold than you would get from one metric ton of ore.  If one million laptops are recycled, this could save electricity consumption for approximately 3,700 homes.

E-Waste accounts for 70% of the hazardous waste that ends up in landfills. Safe disposal and recycling of electronic waste is beneficial for the manufacturing sector too. When e-waste is recycled, a lot of raw material can be processed and repurposed. The EPA statistics reveal that recycling of one million cell phones produces approx copper worth 35,000 lbs, silver worth 7702 lbs, gold worth 75 lbs, and 33 lbs of palladium.