Proper Electronics Recycling?. Technology Upgrades 1 billion + Internet users in 2005 150 million tons of electronics dumped in the U.S. in 2004 U.S.

Proper Electronics Recycling?

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

What happensto all that old

technology?

Electronics get dumped!

Why they get exported

• Cheap Labor• No environmental enforcement

• Strong demand overseas

• Record high commodities

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

What to look for:1. Recycle and Recovery2. Audit and

Accountability3. Certifications4. Reuse and Remarket5. Facilities

1. Recycle and Recover

• Sort and separate materials

• Recycle 98% of all material collected

• Domestic Processing

2. Audit and Accountability• Complete inventory of all items received

• Environmental Management System

• List of Down-Stream Processors

What about “Free Recycling”• Ok Sometimes• Domestic CRT – Not

Free• Commodity Off-Set

3. Certifications

• Ban Pledge – Very Conservative

• ISO 14001• Others

4. Reuse and Remarketing• Equipment Sales• Equipment Donation• The least environmental impact

Sources of Information

• E-Scrap News

• Resource Recycling

• ISRI

• Internet

Jeremy Farber, COO4005 Westfax Dr.

Chantilly, VA 20151

703-436-1967 ext [email protected]