E-waste refers to discarded electronic devices that are 95% recyclable but often end up in landfills or shipped overseas. When electronics are discarded without proper recycling, toxic metals from components can leak into groundwater and air pollution results from burning e-waste. The document encourages recycling e-waste to safely recover materials and avoid pollution, providing a link for disposing of old electronics and batteries.

1. Recycle Your e-waste Image created using Wordle http://www.wordle.net/

2. What is E-Waste? When you discard your old electronics… They become…

3. e-waste!!!

4. At least half of the e-waste from the U.S. ends up overseas, in places such as China, India, Ghana or Nigeria.

5. Ghana: Digital Dumping Gound http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804/video/video_index.html Click below to view PBS Frontline Documentary

6. Toxic metals from e-waste pollute groundwater

7. Burning e-waste pollutes the air

9. Old, broken Electronics are 95% recyclable

10. Bring us your e-waste and we’ll recycle it for you, for free. Class 308 is collecting old electronic devices and dead batteries (“e-waste”) for recycling. Click the link below if you have old electronics to recycle http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHRJR0NaTHNSU2V6X2Q2MlBfaFRBWXc6MQ