What do you Do with the e-waste in your home..how to dispose E-waste?

Well, sometimes we can trade the e-waste for few money to the recyclers. In other time, we give the old electronic stuffs to somebody else (old but still works good). But in most time, we simply throw it to the trash :/ The thrash management in my country is far from excellent. We even still have a big problem with the non e-wastes.. So far, personally, I will just give it, sell it, or just keep the stuffs. I can't easily throw away the e-wastes.

Most big companies have outlets where you can take your old products that have grown outdated or have gone bad. A good example is nokia. Nokia here in Kenya has recycle centers where you can go and dispose of all nokia old phones and spoilt phones. I think this is really smart because they pile up in our homes just consuming space.

I actually have two old laptops that are broken and sitting under my desk right now. I don't have any idea on how to properly dispose of them and I was thinking of selling these to a computer shop so that they can recycle some parts. It no longer matters how much they will buy it from me because I consider these already as junk. I also have three old mobile phones that I no longer use. They are still working, but I no longer use them since I upgraded to a smartphone this last December. I still use two of the three phones because one belonged to my late mother and the other one takes good pictures even if it's just a phone camera. I find that phone very handy when I go traveling because most of the time I get better shots with it than my digital camera. I know what you mean about the e-wastes piling up, especially the old cellphones. Over the past ten years, this gadget has evolved so many times and there was a big consumer demand for it. But what happened is that cellphone manufacturers took advantage of this. I will not name that brand who brought out ten different models every six months and the upgrade from one model to another was just the addition of a cellphone camera. I remember my co-workers at that time changed phones like crazy because this manufacturer kept bringing new models. I know somewhere out there, there is a big pile of old, monochrome cellphones that are deemed obsolete and is wreaking havoc on our environment. This is the reason why I don't buy or change phones or gadgets just to be "in" and "cool". I will not buy something if the ones that I have are still working even if people laugh at the gadget that I use.

I think it is a good idea for all the government of the day begin to have legislation mandate electronic manufacturers and retailers to set up E-waste collection center of old gadgets and devcies from their customers before selling them a new one. In this way, at least our environment will have a lower possibility of exposure to large amount of E-waste pollution that mix with normal household garbage and disposal. It is no question many people will just dispose of their old gadget and electronic device into their dump without paying much attention to the high adverse effect these E-waste can cause to our environment compare to normal everyday garbage. It is an issue that government of the day need to look closely into before the problem get out of hand and becoming a serious one in many countries especially a developing nation. E-waste should always handle with extra care and dispose off in a correct way, if not, some of these leak radiation and hazardous materials build into the electronic devcies and gadgets can have deadly consequences later on if they are not properly terminated.

I have hardly any e-waste. I live for the most part in the dark with only less bulbs, no tube lights, more candles. If my tv would be broke and I buy a new one the shop will take the old one with them. This is custom over here with all electronic items. You also have to pay for that if you buy something new. this besides of the fact most of my stuff is already there since years and I don't need all these extra machines.

Generally we sell the e-waste materials on a wholesale basis to those who buy them.

The tube lights and other lighting equipment are segregated including used bottles, broken glasses and everything else which should not be mixed with the usual trash. Somebody picks it up for recycling and we get a few coins for it. The DVD's which are no longer usable are also bought for a few coins. What I have not yet disposed off are the cell phone batteries including the old cell phones and the chargers. I have kept them inside the cabinet. The cell phones can not longer be sold since they are rather antiquated and nobody would like them anyway.

hi my fellow mylotter. i myself keep my e-wastes and when i gather a considerably amount i sell them to junk shops. as for unused and unwanted cellphones i sell them at mobile phone recycling websites. these sites buy my phone for a reasonable price and i get my money back for something i have no use for.