Jeff Woelker : Chicago SEO, SEM, and Social Media Consultant

With the announcement of Apple’s iPhone yesterday, I couldn’t help but think about, so what happens to the old phones once everyone runs out and buys this thing? Right into the trash.

More and more of this type of stuff is going into landfills: from computers, laptops, iPods, iPhones, blackberrys, cell phones, keyboards, mice, video game systems, software, printers, and other iTrash. And if it doesn’t end up in US landfills, it ends up in Chinese landfills. More programs need to be started to help with the insatiable need of Americans for the latest in tech gadgetry and other tech doodads.

Instead of throwing out your next cell phone, monitor, motherboard, etc. please take a second and think about where it will end up and what chemicals it will add to our already dying ecosystem.