Why We Collect? Most electronic devices contain a variety of materials, including metals that can be recovered for recycling.  Recycling your waste electronics saves resources and protects the Earth because new metals don't have to be mined.  In addition, some electronic products contain high enough levels of certain materials, such as lead, that render them hazardous waste when disposed.  For instance, California law designates waste televisions and monitors as hazardous.  Hazardous wastes cannot be disposed with municipal trash.
What happens to items we collect? Other resources on how to manage e-waste: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/electronics/Resources/default.htm The U.S. EPA's recently published WasteWise Update on Electronics Reuse and Recycling, a comprehensive overview of the issue.  (Note: if you decide to print the document, which is available as a PDF, we suggest you do so in black and white--not color.)   The Institute for Local Self-Reliance published Plug Into Electronics Reuse to help expand the reuse infrastructure for electronics.  Included in the publication are profiles of 22 model electronics reuse operations in the United States.
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