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Out of 175 million computers comes a laundry list
of toxins including 650 million pounds of lead, 987,000 pounds
of cadmium and 231,000 pounds of mercury. (Florida Environmental
Report, 2001)
Each CRT
(Cathode-Ray Tube) contains four to six pounds of lead. (New
York Times, November 23, 2000)
Between
now and 2007, ...500 million personal computers will become
obsolete. In 1998 alone, 20 million computers were taken out
of service, only 2.3 million were recycled." (New York
Times, November 23, 2000)
Today,
two computers become obsolete for every three purchased. By
2005, the ratio will be 1 to 1. (Fortune Magazine, February
6, 1995)
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2007 Computer Recycling Services Inc. All rights reserved.
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