{"id":11645,"date":"2016-06-29T14:38:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T18:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=11645"},"modified":"2016-06-29T14:38:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T18:38:48","slug":"how-to-shrink-the-digital-trash-heap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/how-to-shrink-the-digital-trash-heap\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Shrink the Digital Trash Heap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a Brooklyn warehouse a block from the Gowanus Canal, Terry Sta. Maria sifted through a box filled with rusty circuit boards, searching for mice. \u201cI have a bunch of customers looking for \u201980s and \u201990s computer equipment,\u201d Sta. Maria said. The warehouse, operated by the Lower East Side Ecology Center, opened in 2012 to process used electronics. Intake jumped in April 2015, when the city began levying $100 fines on New Yorkers dumping television sets and computers on the curb. Manufacturers also pay the center to run collection programs required by New York\u2019s e-waste law.<\/p>\n<p>About 2% of the 1 million pounds of e-waste the Ecology Center receives each year goes to the Reuse Store, where shoppers can purchase working tablets, hard drives and video games. The husks of some outdated computers and television sets are rented as props to films and TV shows, including FX Networks\u2019\u00a0<em>The Americans<\/em>, a period piece about two undercover KGB agents in 1980s Virginia. The show\u2019s sets are packed with bulky computers and obsolete home appliances. Hard drives can be shredded onsite. The rest of the waste gets packaged and shipped to Sunnking, Inc., a recycler near Rochester, N.Y.<\/p>\n<p>There, the waste is chopped into small pieces: Plastic is stripped with an optical sorter to be sold on the commodities market, and metal components move on to a smelter across the Canadian border. Circuit boards are treated with chemicals to capture precious metals inside. What\u2019s reusable is sold back to manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p><em>To read the full story, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crainsnewyork.com\/article\/20160628\/TECHNOLOGY\/160629858\/how-to-shrink-the-digital-trash-heap\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http:\/\/www.crainsnewyork.com\/article\/20160628\/TECHNOLOGY\/160629858\/how-to-shrink-the-digital-trash-heap<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Brooklyn warehouse a block from the Gowanus Canal, Terry Sta. 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