Most people remember the day when they bought their first television, but what about their second, third, fourth, or even tenth television? TV’s have become a huge environmental concern as more people around the world are able to afford to buy them which has made for more TV’s being thrown away. Environmental concerns have increasingly become more important to people around the United Kingdom. With recent studies showing that the United Kingdom is well behind most of Europe when it comes to recycling and waste management, new pressure has been put on government and local councils to get something done. E-waste, or waste created by throwing away things like mobile phones and televisions, has become a major concern in the United Kingdom.
One of the biggest contributors to e-waste is rapidly growing technology that quickly makes devices obsolete. Things like mobile phones, MP3 players, and televisions are constantly being supplanted by the newest model, and with most of the UK obsessed with new gadgets, it doesn’t take long for the old ones to hit the trash. One of the biggest contributors is televisions, which are becoming cheaper and more advanced by the second. A recent study showed that there has been a seventy percent increase in the number of televisions thrown out over the last few years.
Most households in the western world now have multiple televisions in them and in some cases there is a TV in nearly every room in the house. These televisions can be recycled for parts and the glass can also be used for construction materials.
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