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Toxic TVs: Is the digital switchover damaging the environment? |
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November 13, 2011 |
Could throwing away our old CRT tube televisions cause a serious environmental problem?
Televisions actually contain various hazardous chemicals, and with the coming of the UK digital switchover, many more people will be replacing their old tv's.
This may pose a serious risk for the environment, with television sets being dumped in landfill sites before the end of their normal life.
DigitalChoices.co.uk have come up with an interesting infographic outlining the facts and issues linked to the digital switchover, with the goal of highlighting the most important eco risks.
I feel this is a good way to get the message across: we ought to all think carefully before wasting old televisions; can we make use of them some other way, like in another room, or even getting a digital TV set-top box to 'digitally enable' our old TVs, and not purchasing a brand new digital Television set.
At the minimum, we ought to make certain whenever we do throw away an outdated TV, the television is discarded appropriately, and not at a cost to the environment.
Produced by digitalchoices.co.uk
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