What Is The Electronics Industry Doing To Address The End-Of-Life Electronics Issue?
The U.S. electronic industry has aggressively deployed a series of initiatives designed to preserve and protect the environment by taking actions that minimize environmental impacts of electronic products across their entire product life cycle. The Electronic industries Association (EIA) calls this program EIAs Product Ecology Initiative. For additional information, click here. What Should Be Done To Increase The Reuse And Recycling Of Used Electronics? Everyone has a role to play in promoting the increased reuse and recycling of used electronics, including manufacturers, local governments, the recycling industry, and private citizens. Because the electronics industry has the expertise to design and manufacture products, its primary focus is to keep end-of-life considerations in mind at the design stage. This promotes the increased reuse and recycling of used electronics by lowering recycling costs and enhancing reuse capabilities. Examples include designing products for disassembly an
