A random smattering of “e-recycling” factoids

• The Consumer Electronics Association estimates $165 billion spent on consumer electronics in 2010.
• According to Wirefly.org, the average cell phone user replaces his cell phone every 18 months.
• The EPA reports that over 112,000 computers are discarded every single day. That’s 41 million desktops and laptop computers per year in the U.S. alone.
• 31.9 million units of computer monitors were discarded in 2007, including both CRT and flat panel screens.
• 20 million TVs are trashed in the U.S. every year.
• Americans toss over 100 million cell phones in the trash every year.  It is illegal to throw electronics in the trash in California.
• Only 13% of electronic waste is disposed and recycled properly.

Everyone acknowledges the magnitude of this issue, since heavy metals in electronic scrap material pose a real threat to our environmental health, but very few people know what they can actually do with their obsolete/”not shiny any more” electronic gear.  At One Earth Recycling, you can confidently recycle electronic scrap material free of charge as part of your shopping routine, seven days a week.  We guarantee that all e-scrap is entirely spared from the waste stream, and we guarantee identity security/data destruction in the case of storage devices like hard drives and mobile phones.