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 is actually being recycled.
