Techway Services
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Our philosophy is simple: work collaboratively with our clients to maximize their return on excess, decommissioned or inactive electronic asset inventory.
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One metric ton of computer scrap contains more gold, than in 17 tons of gold ore.
The medals at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver contained gold, silver and copper recovered from end-of-life electronics.
Although more US companies are recycling responsibly, best practice is always to reuse as much of the product as possible before recycling.
A ton of used cell phones (about 6,000 handsets) contains more than $15,000 worth of precious metals.
Between 2000 and 2006, e-waste generation increased by 52% (U.S. EPA 2007)
The world population is approximately 6,854,000. However there are about 4,180,000,000 cell phones.
E-waste can contain more than 1,000 components, many of which are toxic, including brominated flame retardants, PVC, gases, lead, mercury...
85% of discarded electronics went to landfills in '07. E-waste represents 2% of trash in US landfills, but 70% of toxic waste in landfills
The EPA reports that over 112,000 computers are discarded every day in the US. That’s 41.1 million per year, not including computer monitors
In 2008, we generated 3.16 million tons of e-Waste in the U.S. Of this amount, only 430,000 tons or 13.6% was recycled.
About 25 million TVs are taken out of service yearly.Most end up in landfills.
Large amounts of e-waste are sent to countries such as China, India and Kenya, where lower environmental standards.
The European Union banned e-waste from landfills in the 1990s, and current laws hold manufacturers responsible for e-waste disposal.
Cathode ray tubes in older TVs and computers typically contain about 4 lbs of lead and sometimes as much as 7 lbs.
Interview with President of Techway Services Cathi Coan - youtube.com/watch?feature=…!
About 50 millions cell phones are replaced worldwide a month, and only 10% are recycled.
Electronic waste represents 2% of America's trash in landfills, but it equals 70% of overall toxic waste.
The nation now dumps between 300 million and 400 million electronic items per year, and less than 20% of that e-waste is recycled.
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