Even NC has distaste for e-waste

Computers, TVs must be recycled in NC - Yahoo! Finance: "North Carolina residents won't be able to just throw broken televisions and aged-out computers in the trash starting July 1.

A new law taking affect that day will help keep hazardous materials, such as cadmium and mercury, out of the ground and water near landfills and allow valuable parts from electronic equipment to be reused, said N.C. recycling coordinator Scott Mouw.

'North Carolina has one of the best marketplaces in the country for recycling electronic equipment,' Mouw said. 'We just need to motivate people to do the right thing with their electronic stuff.'

The average person tosses five to six pounds of electronic equipment each year, and most of those items contain materials that are valuable and could be reused, said Ellen Lorscheider, planning and programs manager for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

'Through recycling, we can harvest resources that now are being thrown away,' she said."