Recycle Your Car Audio System Before You Replace It
Thinking about getting rid of your old car stereo? Wait a minute! Don't throw it away or leave it to rust away in your shed, instead recycle it!
With new technologies constantly arriving on the market and replacing the old and a quite a lot of leisure money hanging around, we have become use to throwing away electrical goods without a second thought. But for us and the rest of the earth, this wastage can have serious consequences...
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According to Recycle-More figures we throw away over 75% of electrical goods and these end up, of course, in landfills. In the last few years, electrical waste has also been increasing by a massive 5% per year, in turn increasing the amount of pollutants we've been pumping into the earth.
Not only are we wasting finite resources that we cannot afford to waste. Throwing away our electrical goods into landfills is causing damage to habitats, polluting the soil and the water. This is not only very dangerous for animals, but for us to, as we are polluting our own water, which as we know causes disease and illnesses.
Our wastage is excessive and without a doubt needs to be limited. So instead of throwing away your stereo, either because it is outdated or no longer works, recycle it. You may even be able to get money from recycling, which is much better than throwing it away in the dustbin.
You can find recycle units run by the third sector, councils and businesses by having a look around in your local area, ringing the council or going on the Recycle-More website, which is an electrical recycling website dedicated to informing the public on government initiatives, such as the WEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) scheme and all other recycling information.
The WEE regulations also state that all producers of electronic goods, and even sellers in some cases, have to provide an electronic recycling service. So check if the major electronic stores and the manufacturer of your stereo offer a recycle service. It may require you to drop the car audio system off or send it off to the company. On all electrical goods made after on the 13th August 2005, there should also be a crossed out wheelie bin symbol, which aims to promote recycling of electronic goods.
With recycling being on the governments top agenda, you're bound to find an electronic recycling service in your area. If you choose not to recycle your goods, why not instead get your electronic equipment repaired? After all, it will save you the cost of buying a new system.
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