(I'm borrowing this content from a blog post I wrote for work)
Did you know - Americans dispose of 2.25 million tons of e-waste each year? That would fill enough 18-wheelers to stretch from Chicago to Los Angeles. And according to the most recent EPA data available, only 10% of cell phones and 18% of TVs and computers and products are recycled.
Electronics are full of precious and rare elements that are wasted in a landfill. In fact, rare earth metals have garnered particular attention over recent months over concern that our economy is too dependent on China's 96% share of the world's rare earth supply. In addition, the mining of rare earth metals is costly to the environment.
So, what can we do? Here at the Ocean Spray headquarters, our waste disposal company E.L. Harvey, collects e-waste for recycling. At home, there are a number of options available to us as consumers, including trading in old electronics for gift cards from certain retailers, or simply utilizing one of the many electronics recycling programs out there.
For more information on recycling electronics, visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/technology/personaltech/06basics.html?src=busln.
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