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E-Waste
1970- Present- GrowNYC is a environmental program that empowers people to recycle for a better generation. The zero waste program that growNYC has, is a way for people to properly recycle their electronics and is funded by the NYC department of sanitation. -
E-Waste
1976-The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is a law in the United States of properly disposing hazardous waste. This led to illegal dumping under ground in other countries.This includes the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. -
E-Waste
1986- A cargo ship was loaded with 14,000 tons of toxic ash from philadelphia but the state had already refused the waste to accept after 1984. The ship searched for 16 months for a place to dump and finally dumped 4,000 tons in 1988. Later, the crew admitted that they dumped 10,000 tons into the atlantic ocean. This led to the Basel Convention. -
E-Waste
1989- In the late 1980s, a tightening of environmental regulations in industrialized countries led to a dramatic rise in the cost of hazardous waste disposal. Searching for cheaper ways to get rid of the wastes, “toxic traders” began shipping hazardous waste to developing countries and to Eastern Europe.The overarching objective of the Basel Convention is to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes -
E-Waste
2003- The California Act of 2003 made the state the first in the country to have a law dealing with e-waste. It was meant to establish a funding system for the collection and recycling of certain electronic wastes. This act sets up a system to fund recycling services for electronic waste and prohibits certain chemicals to be in with electronics. -
E-Waste
2009- The EPA estimates that 438 million electronic devices were sold in the United States and 2.4 million tons were ready for end-the-life management. The National Strategy For Electronic Stewardship said that United States must increase its capacity to responsibly recycle our used electronics. -
E-Waste
2011: 25 states in the U.S. have laws governing electronic waste, and the government is continues to educate on the dangers of toxic e-waste dumping worldwide, and providing more to why individuals should recycle their electronics and make sure they are not being sent to third world countries to be dumped there. Later, 30 e-waste recyclers called the government to make sure that e-waste is not being exported to less developed countries. -
E-Waste
2012- All Green Electronic Waste Haulers is a company that picks up for free around the United States with a scheduled drop off at anyone of their locations. If needed, All Green will refurbish the electronics to maximize its resale value. Once an item is sold, All Green pays you 70% of the net revenue. The goal is to take unusable computers, monitors, cell phones, and other outdated electronics to make sure that none of the hazardous material ends up in a landfill.