{"id":2485,"date":"2010-05-21T21:35:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T01:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2022-12-30T15:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T20:34:47","slug":"ewaste-takeback-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/ewaste-takeback-results\/","title":{"rendered":"eWaste Takeback Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210512140750\/https:\/\/www.brownmotorsford.com\/recycle.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-110788 size-thumbnail\" title=\"eWaste Takeback Results\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/green_earth-7.gif?resize=75%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"eWaste Takeback Results\" width=\"75\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/green_earth-7.gif?resize=75%2C72&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/green_earth-7.gif?resize=150%2C143&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lawrence Tech University<\/a> held its first electronic recycling drive last month. The University took in over one ton of eWaste <a title=\"technews.ltu.edu\" href=\"http:\/\/technews.ltu.edu\/?p=1664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/technews.ltu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TechNews<\/a>. The event helped raise awareness about the dangers of electronic waste. There are real environmental dangers associated with discarded electrical and electronic equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-110793 size-medium\" title=\"Lawrence Technological University\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ltu_logo.gif?resize=150%2C59&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lawrence Technological University\" width=\"150\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ltu_logo.gif?resize=150%2C59&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ltu_logo.gif?resize=75%2C30&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Computers contain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beryllium,<\/li>\n<li>Chromium,<\/li>\n<li>Lead,<\/li>\n<li>Mercury,<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Polyvinyl chloride\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polyvinyl_chloride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">PVC<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CRT&#8217;s contain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barium compounds,<\/li>\n<li>Bromine-based flame retardants (BFRs),<\/li>\n<li>Up to 8 pounds of lead,<\/li>\n<li>Mercury,<\/li>\n<li>Phosphors compounds,<\/li>\n<li>PVC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LCD monitors contain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All the above,<\/li>\n<li>Mercury in backlights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Batteries<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lead<\/li>\n<li>Mercury,<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mercury(II) oxide\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercury%28II%29_oxide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">Mercury oxide<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>Nickel, and cadmium. (<a title=\"Nickel-cadmium battery\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nickel-cadmium_battery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">Nicad<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Silver oxide\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silver_oxide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">Silver oxide<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sulfuric acid\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sulfuric_acid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">Sulfuric acid<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zinc carbon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inkjet inks and laser tone\u00a0 cartridges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bromine-based flame retardants (BFRs).<\/li>\n<li>PVC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Copper Ethernet cables are often jacketed in PVC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawrence Tech University held its first electronic recycling drive and took in over one ton of eWaste according to the TechNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[158,14,803,19],"class_list":["post-2485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green","tag-ewaste","tag-green","tag-lawrence-technological-university","tag-michigan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132342,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions\/132342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}