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Proper Electronics Recycling?
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Technology Upgrades
• 1 billion + Internet users in 2005
• 150 million tons of electronics
dumped in the U.S. in 2004
• U.S. Government trashes
~10,000 computers a week
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What happensto all that old
technology?
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Electronics get dumped!
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Why they get exported
• Cheap Labor• No environmental enforcement
• Strong demand overseas
• Record high commodities
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What Recycles?• Computers• Laptops• Monitors• Printers• Servers• Wires & Cables• Keyboards & Mice• Cell phones• Telephones• VCRs & TVs• Empty Ink & Toner Cartridges• Anything that has commodities
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What to look for:1. Recycle and Recovery2. Audit and
Accountability3. Certifications4. Reuse and Remarket5. Facilities
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1. Recycle and Recover
• Sort and separate materials
• Recycle 98% of all material collected
• Domestic Processing
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2. Audit and Accountability• Complete inventory of all items received
• Environmental Management System
• List of Down-Stream Processors
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What about “Free Recycling”• Ok Sometimes• Domestic CRT – Not
Free• Commodity Off-Set
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3. Certifications
• Ban Pledge – Very Conservative
• ISO 14001• Others
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4. Reuse and Remarketing• Equipment Sales• Equipment Donation• The least environmental impact
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Sources of Information
• E-Scrap News
• Resource Recycling
• ISRI
• Internet