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DID YOU
KNOW?
That when it comes to land filling Computers and Monitors:
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- No direct
legislated prohibition exists.
- Many of
these products contain high levels of leachable lead and other heavy
metals.
- Biodegradability is very slow.
- No re-use
of the raw materials occurs.
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DID YOU
ALSO KNOW?
Nearly 200 million tons of waste is landfilled each year! If
electronics scrap accounted for only 1% of this volume, it would result in the
landfilling of: |
- 160,000
tons of leaded glass (8%)*
- 1,150,000
tons of ferrous metals (57.5%)
- 472,000
tons of non-ferrous metals (23.6)
- 120,000
tons of precious metals (6%)
- 88,000
tons of mixed plastic (4.4%)
- 6,000 tons
of hazardous waste (.3%)
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| * Figures are
based upon actual DMC statistics for processed electronic scrap
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DID
YOU ALSO, ALSO KNOW? |
- Less than
30% of your obsolete electronics is resellable for it's intended
purpose.
- Over 70%
gets thrown away if not properly recycled.
- Over 97%
of the landfilled materials are reusable.
- More than
8% of the landfilled materials are hazardous.
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