WE KEEP UPDATING OUR APPLIANCES BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUFF WE PUT IN THE BIN???
Every day I see old TUBE TV's and other electronic items on the side of the road and that's just in my own neighbourhood!
It's up to us the consumers to put on the pressure . Manufactures and consumers alike need to be conscious of the fact that we are just throwing old technology with reusable and toxic parts into a hole in the ground. Yes that's right all that usefull and toxic material is being buried. TV's for example are loaded with copper, lead , mercury ,plastic and precious metals. So think twice about that hard garbage collection that happens twice a year,it all goes into a hole in the ground and it doesn't go away.
Out of the Trilloins of dollars that are made by electronics manufactures you could say that almost none of that money made goes into taking back the old stuff and reusing the recycleable parts.
I've done a little investigating and there are 2 places that I know in SYDNEY that do recycle your old TV gear and electronics like computers and mobile phones.
I have also contacted my local council RANDWICK and apparently there is a once a year pickup that is not a part of the hard rubbish clean up. There are plans to set up a place so you can take your old electronics for recycling but that may never happen. We the ratepayers and enviromentally conscious must put pressure on councils and local Government to make it possble.
OLED (Organic light emitting diode) Technology is set to revolutionise the world with it's own range of possibilities.
Possibilities like:
Super thin TV's
Lighting. Whole walls and ceilings can become lights
Super low power consumption! Light-emitting OLED technology eliminates the need for a backlight and achieves a high level of energy efficiency while consuming up to 40 percent less power than conventional 20-inch LCD panels.
Greener production methods/Organic. Carbon is the basis of all organic matter and it is also the organic material in which OLED is comprised. Examples of carbon-based substances include sugar, wood and the majority of plastics.
We are now beginning to see OLED displays coming out now. Such as the 11inch Sony which has had its praises sung for the past year or so. Such as an unrivaled picture quality. Boasting a 960 x 540 native resolution, the Sony XL1 OLED TV yields the same pixel density as a 40" (measured diagonally) 1080p LCD TV.
ONLY 960 x 540 native resolution I hear you say! Well, Resolution is not the important factor in how good a picture looks it's Contrast ratio! the difference between Black and white is what gives you the depth of colour. The Sony OLED Possesses the ability to completely turn off an organic pixel, the OLED TV breaks new ground with a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio that produces deep blacks in astounding dark scene detail.
There are also OLED displays coming out in mobile phone technology right at this very moment . The only thing holding back OLED at the moment is the hefty price tag , size and the question beging to be answered is how long will it last. Most of the leading brands like Samsung.Sony and LG are boasting about releasing a large more maintream size OLED TV such as a 40" maybe as early as next year, who knows. As usual it's up to those that can afford the pointy edge of technology to help bring down the price so the rest of us can afford one.
