The Environment Considerations in the Disposal of Computer Hardware and OH+S considerations in the use of computer equipment.

The Environment Considerations in the Disposal of Computer Hardware and OH+S considerations in the use of computer equipment.

Relates to protecting people from dangerous situations that may lead to injury, permanent physical disability or death.

Ex. Electric shocks or burns

Computer recycling is important to the environment as computers are kept out of landfill and recycled. 1800ewaste will collect and recycle all of the electronic products they collect and recycle 95-98% by weight. All of the data on the computers and laptops which are recycled can be guaranteed that is destroyed and certificates will be issued. 1800ewaste will only use accredited computer recyclers and electronic waste companies which are governed by ISO140001 standards. Computer recycling is above ground mining and it is important to recycle as much as we can to minimize open cut mining as much as we can.