The "Green" Page

When it comes to printing, it is more than just how much paper is used that is now a concern. Consider buying a quality printer with repair support rather than accepting the disposables that burden local waste disposal. Buttondery Tip is now being upgrade for accepting e-waste, so keep them out of land fill.

The following is just one example to be found if you search the web for e-waste.

The world is consuming more and more electronic products every year. This has caused a dangerous explosion in electronic scrap (e-waste) containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals that cannot be disposed of or recycled safely. But this problem can be avoided. We are pressing leading electronic companies to change; to turn back the toxic tide of e-waste. Every year, hundreds of thousands of old computers and mobile phones are dumped in landfills or burned in smelters. Thousands more are exported, often illegally, from the Europe, US, Japan and other industrialised countries, to Asia. There, workers at scrap yards, some of whom are children, are exposed to a cocktail of toxic chemicals and poisons.