When the world “recycling” comes to our mind, most of us think of plastic bags, bottles, paper products, cans etc but it does not end here. We must also think about old and broken computers, laptops as they can effect environment in many ways. So recycling of computer and laptops is very important in order to make our environment clean. Mother board of laptop contains heavy metal that if not dispose properly could reach to deadly toxicity level. It may contain chromium, zinc, copper, antimony, tin, mercury and all these elements are very harmful is they get are disposed openly as they may get in contact to environment openly. A screen of laptop or computer contains lead that protects us from radiation but such lead can become poisonous if thrown openly instead of recycling it. Batteries of laptop consist of mercury and disposing it openly could cause various kinds of effects like hearing loss, vision loss, difficulty in speaking etc. Computer chips and semiconductors contain cadmium, and this element has no positive use for human bodies. If disposed openly, it could produce extreme hazards to people who come in contact with it. It could cause fever, problems related to respiratory system and sometimes leading to death.

If you are not disposing your laptop by cautiously, the chemical can leak into groundwater or soil and can kill animals or may pollute water supplies. Chemical can take many years to get fully disposed. Electronic waste is a major concern that is growing in almost every country at a rate of 5% per year. Laptop though is useful for us but it can effect environment in one or the other way.

One way to dispose your laptop is to donate it to any charitable organization and in return you can get tax reduction. Once you get sure that there is not any need of that particular laptop, you can get its market price value on eBay site. Then you can find one good charitable organization where you can donate it. Another best way is to recycle it as it contains a lot of hazardous materials like mercury, cadmium which could be dangerous if thrown in a trash. So the best way is to recycle it.

If you are planning to set up a small office, you can use your old laptop as dedicated server once it completely gets formatted. Always remember that as your laptop is old doesn’t mean that it can not be used again. There are many ways in which you can dispose your laptop or computer. If your system is of no use, you can sell it online. You can check on some websites where you can post add regarding selling of your laptop but before putting add, there are some key points that one should always remember. Your laptop should be in good working condition. Also make sure that you have already created backup file of your laptop in any CD or DVD. Before putting your laptop on sale, make sure that it contains only operating system files with it. Don’t forget to charge fair price for what your laptop is worth. How much money you can get by selling your computer entirely depends upon its condition, age, RAM, hard drive condition etc. The best way to know the price of your laptop is to type your laptop’s manufacturer name and model number on the search option of eBay site. From there you may get to know about the current market value of your old laptop.

There are professional laptop and PC disposal companies that know of environmental friendly ways to safely dispose laptops. You can give your old and worn out machines to such companies for recycling.

Some people dispose their laptop for noble cause, but some just want to earn few bucks from it. Reason may be different but their purpose is same “To get rid of your old laptop”.

Computers are very important electronic devices nowadays for many reasons. They are used in all sorts of domains in which they enable all sorts of improvements to be made possible and they are being improved themselves all the tine. Computer users have become more interested in finding out more about all sorts of latest technologies and changes being made to these electronic devices and in becoming better users by improving their knowledge about computers and their skills in working with them in all sorts of activities so that their results might enable them to be more productive and certainly, more effective.



What users should also become more interested in nowadays is the environmental impact of discarded computer hardware as we tend to change our computers more often and many of us are not aware of ways in which we could get rid of them properly without causing any sorts of environmental damage.

In this respect, it should also be mentioned the fact that there are also users who are aware of these aspects but who are not aware of how exactly they might avoid discarding their computers and their hardware components without causing these damages. For such users and for the ones who were not aware of the damages being caused by these discarding processes there have been made many materials from which they could get better informed and in which they are given ideas and solutions to such problems related to environmental impact of discarded computer hardware.

When discussing about the environmental impact of discarded computer hardware it is also important to be mentioned certain aspects related to recycling and the importance of an appropriate recycling process of computers and computer hardware components to be made. There are many recycling options from which users can choose the one that they might consider the most appropriate choice for avoiding all sorts of negative environmental impacts of discarded computer hardware to be established.

Among these options can be included the donation possibility that users have, all sorts of electronic take back programs which are related to these options in which they might decide to get involved in, the possibility for them to become aware of all sorts of campaigns especially created in the idea of getting people better informed in this respect so as for them to be able to take the best decisions when they need to get rid of their computers or of certain of their components by being able to choose the proper way in which to do this.

The environmental impact of discarded computer hardware is a very important aspect to be taken in account by everyone nowadays as sooner or later we will all have to change our old computer or certain components included within it and we will need to be informed of the proper way in which we can do this without such negative impacts being determined. We have the opportunity to get better informed in this respect and we should be willing to get informed as we will all benefit from this knowledge.