by Alex Francis Prior to the advent of flat-screen television technology, bulky tube televisions were able to be recycled for a profit. The glass cathode ray tubes (CRTs) inside each of those TVs were melted down, and the raw material was used to make new tubes that could then be resold. The money [...]
The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. Considered to be the birth of the modern environmental movement, the events of that day were sparked by then-U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson’s disdain for the detrimental effects of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. He capitalized on the passion behind the student antiwar [...]
by Alex Francis Electronics are everywhere. And it’s nothing new—they have been for years. When the world’s population hit 7 billion back in 2011, National Geographic estimated that the billion or so people who make more than $12,195 per year own an average of 106 cell phones per 100 people. Even 22% of the [...]