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Eye Bogglers
- Californians buy more than 2.2 million new computer systems each year.
- Currently, about 50% of US households own a computer.
- Average- 2 to 3 obsolete computers in their garages, closets or storage spaces.
- Should every consumer attempt to throw out their obsolete computer at once, California and the nation would face a major budgetary and environmental crisis.
- Computer or television displays (CRTs) contain an average of 4 to 8 pounds of lead each.
- The total cost of managing California’s current output of obsolete computer scrap will range from $25 million to $42 million annually. Add to that the cost of cleaning up the last two decades’ legacy of stockpiled obsolete computers, and the total cost over the next 5 years could easily range from $500 million to over $1 billion.
I just took a whole load of e-waste to the Apple Store for them to recycle for me. Most of you have probably have old computers, keyboards, hard drives sitting around and you don’t know what to do with them. Do not put them in landfills! All that lead leaches out to groundwater and guess what- that is what you will end up drinking.
Where to Recycle:
- Your local government has listing on where to recycle e-waste
- Local waste management companies usually run several free e-cycling events per year.
- Environmental Protection Agency- (EPA) has a list of recycling (e-cycling) facilities
- Earth911- plug in your zip code and it will tell you where to recycle anything!
- Goodwill Industries is taking old computers.
- Call your local non-profit to see if they take back old computers.
- Best Buy and Staples might be taking back in your area.
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