Nowadays, the advances in technology have made strides on a daily basis and newer and more sophisticated electronic devices and gadgets are now out in the market. Amidst these new innovations, old devices and used up electronic gadgets are being stored up in many houses and left there for years as white elephants. Televisions for one are used up to twenty-four months and then discarded. Same thing with old computers as they are used a maximum of thirty-six months.  It is a good thing that people are resorting to electronics recycling, so that toxic materials inside these electronic junks can be removed while ensuring more landfill space.   

The value to the economy of these old television sets, cell phones, computer monitors, and PCs cannot be discounted because not only will many people be able to save money, but they would also help keep the environment clean and safe. It is a known fact that technological advances have given consumers the opportunity to change their old products into better, more efficient and cost saving units that can be used for a longer time. However, electronics recycling comes to fore because many of these old gadgets or devices have not been rendered useless and in fact can still be used, repaired, and even be given away to charitable institutions and a number of schools.

Incidentally, if there is a big market for new and more advanced products, there is also another market that can make a killing by selling these refurbished television sets and computer laptops that were repaired and still in tip-top condition. It is the same thing with discarded cell phones because many buyers who want to save money can have these recycled units at a much lower price. Electronics recycling has been a boon to consumer and the environment because nothing is wasted. 

Millions of businesses in America throw tons of commercial waste like aluminum cans, food wastes, glass and others, so they will be collected and brought to a landfill. However, the growing population means that more trash are in the offing and landfills are becoming scarcer. For this reason, many states have asked their constituents and businesses to adopt commercial recycling methods that would reduce the cost of their yearly waste bill and substantially lessen the volume of waste that would be discarded in these landfills. Trash bins often yield many materials that still can be used for future purposes.

Among the many materials that can be collected free of charge would be cardboards that are not soiled or contaminated. Business owners can save a substantial amount if they are able to collect a number of these boards. Glass and cans can be collected and recycled to make more bottles and cans, so this saves the trouble of burying them somewhere especially that these are not biodegradable. Commercial recycling is also about collecting newspapers, yellow pages that are old, white envelops, clean cards, and junk mail, so these will be recycled again to newspapers that people read every day.

 Incidentally, these papers are collected, checked for contaminants and taken to a fiber preparation plant for them to be reduced to a pulp, cleaned and converted to a newly recycled newspaper. Commercial recycling also involves the collection of discarded meat products left in restaurants and these includes  meat, vegetables, tea bags, pork and chicken carcasses cardboard and paper soiled by meat products, small and large bones and expired breads. When these are collected, they are brought in a plant to be shredded or dissolved and finally composted inside a large machine that will further break down these products, so they can be used as fertilizer.