Our post this morning isn't necessarily in direct regaurd with recycling. It does have an impact on recycling though. This post is in regards to the importance of decisions made at the time of purchase of electronics. It is extremely important to purchase grade A quality products any time you set out to purchase electronics.
If quality products are purchased at minute one they will last longer and better serve the consumer, but they will also prevent the constant need to purchase and replace lower quality items. If a high quality television is purchased and the quality lasts say 15 years is purchased over a lower quality budget television which lasts 3. This will prevent 4 additional televisions from meeting end of life during that same time frame. This is 4 less TVs which will need to be recycled in that 15 years. If that theory is expanded over all electronics to all consumers, we may be able to drastically cut the need for recycling.
The only way this can ever happen is if the actual consumer changes their demand practices. Currently consumers seek to replace their electronics at a rapid rate, and therefore the producers of these electronics have no need to produce the longest lasting products possible. It is only through a change in demand that the ultimate producers will create products that produce the lasting quality needed to reduce recycling needs.
Next time we will discuss options of repair or recycle.
Donald D. Harvey
General Manager
Computer Crusher Recycling Company
http://www.computercrusher.com/
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