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A bill that would require all computer manufacturers to collect and recycle old equipment has come one step closer to becoming law in the California state legislature. By Gabe Friedman.
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A stream of finely ground recycled electronics contains copper and precious metals such as gold and silver.Courtesy of Hewlett Packard

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A close-up of the shredder and granulator at HP's recycling facility in Roseville, California. The shredders make short work of computer equipment, reducing them into pieces.

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Piles of old computers and electronic equipment wait to be processed into quarter-inch pieces in the massive shredders (background) at the HP recycling facility in Roseville, California.

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After passing through the shredders, granulated computers move along conveyor belts where they will be separated into clean piles of steel, plastic, glass and other metals.

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