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A Useful Guide to Clean Computer Before Recycling

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Finally! You are about to recycle an old computer that would otherwise get buried in a landfill. That latter option is painful to the precious space and the Earth. Instead of encouraging landfilling, choose corporate electronic recycling and persuade saving the environment. But, what is the procedure you need before submitting your computer for recycling? Many hardware data destruction companies always wipe hard drives of all data before recycling. The good idea is to ensure your devices have no data stored before recycling them. Cleaning Windows Computer Before Recycling Cleaning a Windows computer is simple. If you have the software you plan to re-install on your new computer, have copies of product keys or serial numbers you used in your initial installation. It saves you time, and you won't have to hunt for old receipts and connect software vendors for those serials or keys. This step is vital and might seem to be redundant. However, you will be surprised to know some people

Where Does E-waste Go?

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Electronic waste makes up over 5% of all municipal solid waste. Known as e-waste, discarded electronic products often end up in landfill, but they should not. Some of them can be reused or repaired if still operational. If they are irreplaceably broken, electronic recycling restores reusable materials. Computers, cell phones, TVs, stereos, printers, and DVD players are among the common electronic products that can be recycled or refurbished. Others contain refrigerators, microwaves, lamps, air conditioners, power tools, and video-game consoles. Recycling e-waste recycles useful materials containing valuable metals such as copper or gold. Manufacturers use them to create new products. It diminishes the energy needed to refine, mine, and simulate new materials and lowers greenhouse gas emissions.  Nevertheless, the present estimates that about 20% of all e-waste is recycled worldwide. In the United States, the average rate of recycling e-waste is a bit higher, hovering at 25%. Much elec