According to Gartner, Inc, manufacturers shipped 305.8 million computers in 2010. 55% of these were mobile PCs (notebooks, netbooks, tablets). Ninety six million of these were to the U.S.
One metric ton (t) of electronic scrap from personal computers (PC’s) contains more gold than that recovered from 17 t of gold ore. In 1998, the amount of gold recovered from electronic scrap in the United States was equivalent to that recovered from more than 2 million metric tons (Mt) of gold ore and waste.
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Drop-off Address:
Computer Recycling Portland Services – SBC, LLC
Hillsboro, Oregon, 97123 NOTE: Full address will be provided upon check-out to prevent illegal dumping
Recycle It, Don't Trash It! is an anti-pollution slogan that was imported into North America from 1992. It was part of the government's "Trashing it is completely uncool" campaign, and, by extension, part of the larger War on Pollution effort
Easy Recycling programs reduce our worries about disposing of them after they no longer work.