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Did You Know?

3.2 million tons is the amount of PC equipment currently in landfills.

150 million: minimum number of personal computers that will be buried in U.S. landfills by 2005, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon University.

20.6 million: minimum number of PC's that fell into disuse in 1998, according to the National Safety Council.

11%: percentage of those that were recycled.

Computers can contain up to 6.3% lead.

CRTs (computer monitors) contain lead to shield users from radiation and this lead could pose an environmental hazard when used CRTs are incinerated.

The Environmental Protection Agency says lead can make up as much as 25% of the weight of monitors weighing anywhere from 15 to 90 pounds.

80% of all American trash and waste is landfill-ed.

2/3 of our landfills closed down in the last decade.

Plastics and computer related scrap fully decompose in landfills while contaminating our ground and water daily.

Only 10% of our nation's plastics is actually being recycled.

E-Waste News

Useless e-waste collected - Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal 18:07 - 6.10.2008
SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECTSM Launches in 174 Sites Across 50 States - MarketWatch 18:27 - 1.10.2008
Going Green - Windsor Star 18:19 - 30.09.2008
Daily Planner: September 27 - Enterprise-Record 18:04 - 27.09.2008
How to recycle your computer - Plenty Magazine 18:06 - 26.09.2008

Recycling Criteria

Your Total E-Waste Solution

Management of E-Waste has become a serious global issue. Landfills are filled to capacity and the proportion of E-Waste is increasing. Lead, mercury, cadmium, barium, arsenic and phosphorous are all toxins present in E-Waste and are increasing in our landfills. These toxins affect our environment and jeopardize the health of humans and wildlife now and for generations to come.

What Does TechnoTrash Recycle?

* Computers
* Monitors
* Circuit Boards
* Keyboards
* Printers
* Terminals
* Fax machines
* Cables
* Telephones
* Copiers
* Modems
* Audio / video / communications equipment
* All general electronic equipment

Items NOT Accepted at TechnoTrash:

* NO Televisions
* NO Appliances
* NO Loose Toner or Ink Cartridges
* NO Non Electronic Items
* NO Software, Books
* NO Batteries - Alkaline, Nickel-Cadmium, Nickel Metal Hydride
* NO Zinc Carbonaire batteries