Only 12.5 percent of electronics waste gets recycled in the United States. That's pretty scary when you start to think about the number of walkmans, game consoles, computers and calculators you might have owned in your lifetime. Televisions are especially hazardous to dispose of as they can leak lead and other hazardous chemicals into the soil.

One way to eliminate domestic electronic disposal that this country practices is to send electronics waste overseas. Clearly this extreme case of NIMBYism is not a solution. The Electronics TakeBack Coalition is urging television manufacturers to recycle their products. Sony has responded to the charge by promising to double their 75 recycling centers. Hopefully other companies follow suit as more people will be dumping old TV sets as hi-def becomes the norm.

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Thats a vey shocking news that only 12.5% of e-waste gets recycled. Disposong of the television can really be hazardous butmy concern is that if wesend electronics waste overseas, then even that country might face the same problem. That is not the solution. More and more companies should practice recycling and sell the recycled ones at a pretty lower price. This would lead to effective utilization of the available resources as well as help in preventing pollution to a certain extent.