Repair is Recycling
Impact of Equipment Waste
The impact of equipment waste is devastating to some parts of the world. The issues are complex, and various, but the end results are tons and tons of toxic heavy metals being released into the environment – often in developing parts of the world which lack facilities or resources to deal with the impact. To exacerbate the issue, humans are often exposed to many types of toxins when working in the electronic waste industry. By keeping this equipment out of the waste system, and instead keep it working, we can directly impact the problem of e-waste.
How we Help
Laser Service takes the issue of e-waste of recycling very seriously. There are several ways in which we do this, primarily: we offer recycled toner cartridges, repair equipment, and donate working but out-dated equipment to charities. In particular, we believe that every printer repaired instead of thrown away is a large amount of toxic material that does not enter the environment. When equipment is obsolete for business and industrial uses, In many it can last for another decade when put in an environment where it’s abilities are still needed.
The Story of Electronics
For an entertaining and enlightening look at these issues, you can checkout “The Story of Electronics” videos at www.storyofelectronics.org. In addition you can learn a lot more at websites working to reduce e-waste.