Did You Know?
Donating or recycling consumer electronics conserves our natural resources and avoids air and water pollution, as well as greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by manufacturing virgin materials.*
Laptops
Recycling one million laptops saves the energy equivalent to the electricity used by more than 3,500 US homes in a year.*
Cell Phones
For every million cell phones we recycle, 35 thousand pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold, and 33 pounds of palladium can be recovered.*
Digital Dumping Ground
PBS.org …”hundreds of thousands of tons of American e-waste makes its way into China, despite laws intended to stop it.”
PBS documentary: Ghana, Digital Dumping Ground
“Just a few miles from Hong Kongs port, hidden behind eight-foot-high corrugated walls, are mountains of computer monitors, printer cartridges from Georgia, relics of old video arcades.
What environmental benefits do we get from recycling cell phones?
Recycling your cell phone helps protect the environment in a number of ways. Cell phones are made from valuable resources such as precious metals,...
How much waste is in the waste stream?
Despite making up less than 2% of the U.S. waste stream, e-waste is responsible for two-thirds of heavy metals in landfills. And when improperly...
About Electronics Recycling
Unwanted consumer electronics – cell and smart phones, computers and monitors, televisions, DVD and MP3 players, pagers, PDAs and other devices –...