What is e-Waste?
- Obsolete and non working computers
- Monitors
- Audio and video equipmets
- Electronic Gadgets
- Cell Phones
- TV’s
How Toxic is it?
- A Typical 17 inch computer monitor contains about 2.2 pounds of lead
- Toxic materials- lead, barium, cadium, mercury
I Just Gotta Tell Ya
- In 2005 approx. 1.9- 2.2 million tons of used or unwanted electronics. of that about 1.5 to 1.9 million tons were discarded in landfills
- According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Americans own approximately 24 electronic products per household
- Recyclers recover more than 100 million pounds of materials from electronics each year.
- More than 130 Million Cell Phones will go into landfills this year
- More than 20 million pounds of e-waste were recycled in 2006 through Best Buy programs.
What You can Do
- Donate any unwanted electronic devices- Goodwill is now taking back computers
- Post on Givingaway and Craiglist
- Sell
- Buy Green-
- Contain fewer toxic constituents.
- Use recycled materials in the new product.
- Are energy efficient (e.g., showing the Energy Star label).
- Are designed for easy upgrading or disassembly.
- Use minimal packaging.
- Offer leasing or takeback options
The Following Plug-In Companies offer e-cycling information on their websites
- Best Buy-Offers Grants for recycling opportunities, drop off locations available, appliance and TV recycling, mail in cell phone recycling
- ATT-Offer cell phone recycling- store locator on site
- Dell-Donations, Recycle information available on site
- Hewlett-Packard- Donation program, Recycling program (locators available on website) Trade-in and Return for Cash programs
- Intel-Offers Energy Efficient Products
- JVC
- Lexmark-Information on toner and inkjet cartridges and how to recycle hardware and printers.
- LG-Takes back cell phones, offers postage and store locator for recycling
- Motorola-Take back cell phones and accessories.
- NEC Display –Trade In Program
- Nokia-Trade up program for cell phone
- Office Depot
- Panasonic Offers EnergyStar, recycles rechargeable batteries. refurbishment exchange program
- Philips
- Sharp
- Sony –Trade in and Recycle Program- Battery recycle program available at Sony Stores
- Sony Ericson
- Sprint – Buy back program, recycles phones, data cards, accessories, PDA’s
- Staples-Dell Computers free- other office equipment $10.00. Trade- in Program available for Computers, Games, Cameras, MP3 Players, LCD monitors, Camcorders, Smartphones, PDA’s
- Samsung– Toner Recycling, Mobile Take-back program- free recycling office equipment
- T-Mobile-Recycles old cell phones, batteries, PDA’s
- Toshiba-Trade-ins, recycle batteries, works with eRecycle.org in California for ewaste recycling
- Verizon-Collects spent cell phone batteries for recycling, mail in program for old phones.
- Walmart