(editor's note: Today I bring you an article from the Earth Day Network titled, "Recycling 101 in Today's Electronic World." Hopefully as you move about the day, you'll view your electronic devices in a different light; perhaps even come up with some recycling innovations for your own community!
Rather than become disheartened by the negative news of mainstream media, I challenge you to look deeper -to find healing earth heroes in your own community. There are people all over this beautiful jewel we call Gaia working every day to correct the damage we have done. They are doing the physical clean up work, or putting the intellectual thought into solving these problems. Please join me in sending them all energies of love and support.
~All my Love, Boo)
Recycling 101 in Today’s Electronic World
Recycling, a term that grew to international importance almost four decades ago, is commonly represented by images of blue plastic bins and bottle drives. However, in a 21st century, electronic-dominated world, recycling solely aluminum cans or plastic water bottles is not the only game in town. “E-waste,” waste from printer cartridges, mobile devices, and other small electronics, needs to become a more integral part of the recycling equation. In fact, trace materials from E-waste accounts for 70% of toxic waste in landfills.
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