Getting a new computer or smart phone is always exciting, but we rarely wonder what happens to our old gadgets after we discard them.

The fact is, 50 million metric tons of used electronics and computer equipment — also known as “e-waste” – is generated around the world every year, as old items are replaced with the newest models.

Incredibly, over 98% of this e-waste comes from items we don’t normally think of as computers. That’s because today, millions of consumer goods like major and small “smart” appliances also come with microprocessors.

The bad news is, these microprocessors and other computer components contain “toxic substances such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, selenium, and hexavalent chromium.” When we haphazardly throw away all this equipment, these dangerous chemicals find their way into the surrounding soil and water, which in turn pollutes farmland and therefore, our food supply.

However, there’s good news too: other computer components are also valuable and highly desirable. According to one source, “a personal computer may contain up to four grams of gold and other valuable materials that can be recovered at a profit.”

It’s easy to see that for all these reasons, old computers, office peripherals, electronic equipment and more need to be carefully recycled, just like we regularly recycle paper and plastics.  Did you know about computer and electronic recycling in New York and New Jersey?

Fortunately, Recycling New York, Inc. is already an established e-waste industry leader, dedicated to ensuring that all dangerous or valuable components are retrieved from old computers, appliances and more.

Recycling New York, Inc. will come to businesses in the New York and New Jersey and pick up unwanted equipment, at no charge to the client.  Let us recycle computers and electronics for you for FREE!

Unlike many other companies, they will also pay these businesses for e-waste that has resale value.

Contact Recycling New York, Inc. and put them to work for your New Jersey or New York based business.

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Recycling New York, Inc. offers businesses in the New York City and New Jersey area FREE pickup and recycling services for your old computers, electronics, office equipment and more, while ensuring data security that meets D.O.D. standards.

PLUS we pay your business top dollar for all types of working and non-working equipment.

CLICK HERE for a FREE quote and to schedule a FREE pickup or call Recycling New York, Inc. today at 917-688-9753.