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Illinois EPA Recyclers

In our world today school children champion efforts to recycle and they are recycling everything possible. Across the country, aluminum cans, newspapers, and milk cartons are diligently sorted into different colored bins for proper recycling. If our school children can take the time to keep us honest about recycling harmless products like paper and plastic, why are we having such a hard time figuring out what to do with truly harmful materials?
Toxic materials contained in landfill computers, monitors, and other electronic equipment pose an enormous threat to our society. E-Waste is now the fastest growing waste category in the world. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that American consumers and businesses will dispose of more than two million tons of used electronics this year.
Even though the EPA requires business consumers to handle the equipment as hazardous waste, and bans the dumping in landfills, only a small amount of that e-waste is being recycled. Where is it all going? Unfortunately, much of the tech trash generated in the U.S. is shipped overseas for landfill. Many so-called recycling companies simply load electronics onto shipping containers and send them to less-developed countries like China, Nigeria and Vietnam.
While an increasing number of corporate executives are insisting on contracting with disposal partners who will act responsibly by recycling in the U.S., many more struggle with finding a cost-effective solution that complies with the law. Perhaps the biggest problem facing executives today is deciphering the disposal and recycling laws, which differ greatly on a federal, state and local level
In the end everyone is responsible to ensure that they are being good stewards of the environment. Make sure your recycler has a reliable and ethical downstream process.