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Recycling Inc- Landfill Facts
The Landfill Reality
Lead,
mercury, cadmium, barium and phosphorous are all toxins
that are constantly poured into landfills. These toxins
affect our environment on every scale. Please remember
these toxins affect human beings, wildlife and our
generations to come.
Did
you know?
•
3.2 million tons is the amount of PC equipment currently
in landfills.
• 150 million: minimum number of personal computers
that will be buried in U.S. landfills by 2005, according
to a study by Carnegie Mellon University.
• 20.6 million: minimum number of PC's that
fell into disuse in 1998, according to the National
Safety Council.
• 11%: percentage of those that were recycled.
• Computers can contain up to 6.3% lead.
• CRTs (computer monitors) contain lead to shield
users from radiation and this lead could pose an environmental
hazard when used CRTs are incinerated.
• The Environmental Protection Agency says lead
can make up as much as 25% of the weight of monitors
weighing anywhere from 15 to 90 pounds.
• 80% of all American trash and waste is landfilled.
• 2/3 of our landfills closed down in the last
decade.
• Plastics and computer related scrap fill our
landfills while contaminating our ground and water
daily.
• Only 10% of our nation's plastics are actually
being recycled.
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