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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

Zero Waste

Nothing Goes to the Landfill

TechnoTrash Recycling works together with The Computer Recycling Society to provide a complete solution for processing E-Waste. Computers or components, which are viable for re-use, are re-furbished by CRS and distributed to local and international charitable organizations such as The Smile Africa Foundation. All remaining equipment is de-manufactured by TechnoTrash Recycling. Nothing goes to landfill.

Closed Loop = Zero Waste

Through a Closed Loop system of recycling we are able to achieve Zero Waste. Our goal in the recycling process is to achieve 100% resource recovery. Through ongoing research and development we improve our de-manufacturing processes, discover new and better ways of utilizing recycled materials and increase our market for re-use of materials in the manufacture of new products.

Recovery

At our facilities, equipment is de-manufactured through our “closed loop” process and source-separated:

* Metals * Glass * Plastics *

These recovered and sorted materials are returned back into various manufacturing streams to be re-used in the manufacture of new items. Some components such as chips and sockets are returned to secondary markets for re-use.

StEP Initiative

Technotrash Recycling strives to realize the essence and objectives of the United Nations' STEP program, an initiative of various UN organizations with the overall aim to solve the e-waste problem. This program's prime objectives are:

1. Optimizing the life cycle of electric and electronic equipment by improving supply chains
2. Closing material loops
3. Reducing contamination
4. Increasing utilization of resources and reuse of equipment
5. Exercising concern about disparities such as the digital divide
6. Increasing public, scientific and business knowledge

For more information on STEP visit: www.step-initiative.org .