Proper Electronics Recycling?

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Proper Electronics Recycling?
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Technology Upgrades

• 1 billion Internet users in 2005
• 150 million tons of electronics dumped in the
  U.S. in 2004
• U.S. Government trashes 10,000 computers a week

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What happensto all that old technology?
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Electronics get dumped!
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Why they get exported

• Cheap Labor
• No environmental enforcement
• Strong demand overseas
• Record high commodities

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What Recycles?

• Computers
• Laptops
• Monitors
• Printers
• Servers
• Wires Cables
• Keyboards Mice
• Cell phones
• Telephones
• VCRs TVs
• Empty Ink Toner Cartridges
• Anything that has commodities

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What to look for

• Recycle and Recovery
• Audit and Accountability
• Certifications
• Reuse and Remarket
• Facilities

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1. Recycle and Recover

• Sort and separate materials
• Recycle 98 of all material collected
• Domestic Processing

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2. Audit and Accountability

• Complete inventory of all items received
• Environmental Management System
• List of Down-Stream Processors

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What about Free Recycling

• Ok Sometimes
• Domestic CRT Not Free
• Commodity Off-Set

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3. Certifications

• Ban Pledge Very Conservative
• ISO 14001
• Others

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4. Reuse and Remarketing

• Equipment Sales
• Equipment Donation
• The least environmental impact

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Sources of Information

• E-Scrap News
• Resource Recycling
• ISRI
• Internet

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• Jeremy Farber, COO
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• Chantilly, VA 20151
• 703-436-1967 ext 101
• jeremy_at_turtlewings.com