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| 3.2 million tons is the amount of PC equipment currently in landfills. |
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| 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. |
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| 20.6 million: minimum number of PC's that fell into disuse in 1998, according to the National Safety Council. |
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| 11%: percentage of those that were recycled. |
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| Computers can contain up to 6.3% lead. |
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| CRTs (computer monitors) contain lead to shield users from radiation and this lead could pose an environmental hazard when used CRTs are incinerated. |
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| 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. |
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| 80% of all American trash and waste is landfill-ed. |
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| 2/3 of our landfills closed down in the last decade. |
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| Plastics and computer related scrap fully decompose in landfills while contaminating our ground and water daily. |
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| Only 10% of our nation's plastics is actually being recycled. |
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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
