1. E-Cycling
For a better tomorrow

2. What is E-cycling?

3. The 2 billion batteries thrown
away every year could create a
stick that would be able to
turn something on at the
center of the earth

4. If Stacked every cell
phone in landfills could
create a bridge to the
moon

5. It takes over a million
years for a single cd to
decompose

6. It takes computer so
long to decompose that
they are on the list of
things that will survive
the apocalypse

7. 80 % of American
E-waste is shipped to
asian landfills

8. Seven years worth of
empty printer
cartridges could build a
scale model of the
Battestar Galactica

9. Over 200 million
metric tons of gold is
taken out of recycled
electronics yearly.

10. Environment
• Keeps Harmful Chemicals out of the
environment.
• Less space is taken up in landfills.

11. Creating New Jobs
• Many economic benefits.
• Creates 200 times more jobs than
landfilling.

12. Jobs Cont.
For every 1000 tons of electronics
• Landfilled: Less than 1 job created
• Recycled: 15 jobs created
• Repaired: 200 jobs created

13. Wasted Resources
2004: 315 million computer became
“obsolete”
• 4 Billion pounds of plastic
• 1 metric ton of electronic scrap contains
more gold than 17 metric tons of ore

14. Manufacturing
• Manufacturing a desktop computer requires
4 times more energy than the computer
uses in it lifetime.
• Desktops require 10 times their weight in
fossil fuels to be manufactured.

15. Cont.
• Desktops require the weight of an SUV in
materials before being shipped off
• 3300 pounds of water is needed to
produce one desktop

16. Computer Chip
Production
• 32MB memory chips require 4 pounds of fossil
fuels and 70 pounds of water per chip.
• The ratio of input weight to product weight for
memory chips is 630
• For cars it is 2

17. Greenhouse Gasses
The reuse of 1000 computers in 1 year is the
equivalent of
• 180,000 Barrels of oil
• 14,400 Fewer Cars on the road
• 72,000 Tons of CO2 emissions

18. Refurbishing
• Allows people to have access to electronics
• Helps the community

19. You Can E-cycle too
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