Who ever says that complex problems need complex answers? With government policy changing in 2006, e-waste has been deemed to endanger society and the environment. But this issue can be simply solved by recycling.

Since Feb. 9, common items can no longer be placed in the trash for pick-up. Items like batteries, fluorescent lamps and tubes, electronic devices and thermostats that contain mercury all must be disposed of in approved containers. An outline of this new policy can be found online at www.zerowaste.ca.gov.

E-waste is defined as all obsolete or outdated computers, televisions and other devices commonly used in offices, homes, and by people on the go.

According to the California Integrated Waste Management Board (www.ciwmb.ca.gov), the global technological revolution is fueling the rapidly increasing e-waste recycling problem.

?The demand to effectively and safely recycle the obsolete electronics is pushed by the same demands our society imposes to manufacture the new, smaller, faster, more efficient software.?

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