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Ask Questions
Any potential recycler should be able to answer a few simple questions about how they can handle your e-waste requirements.
1. Is your recycler willing to give you a list of there downstream vendors? In most cases this is proprietary information, however any legitimate recycler should be willing to provide this information.
2. How does your potential recycler handle your e-waste? What are the processes involved?
3. Does your potential recycler provide you with the proper documentation?
4. Is the your potential recycler able to handle your needs in terms of volume, pickup etc?
5. Does ur potential recycler have an EPA ID number?
Recycle Now
About 72% of all retired electronic products are stored for an average of three years. Any remarketable value will be lost, while needlessly occupying valuable storage space.
Did you Know?
1. About 75% of all retired computers in the US are in storage, 15% are landfilled adn only about 10% are recycled.
2. In 2002 it was estimated that the number of computers that became obsolete would exceed the number of new pc's manufactured. By 2004 there will be over 315 million obsolete computers in the US.
3. The estimated useful life of a PC in business applications is 2-3 years, home computers average 3-4 years. |