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Factories
use thesevaluable
ingredients tomake
avarietyofnew
products,preserving
ournatural resources
in theprocess.
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Yourold
computercan
becomenew
again.
Families,
businesses,and
schools recycle
theirused
electronics.
Alldata
sourcesare
wipedclean
and sanitized.
The recycler
inspects the
equipment to see
if itcanbe repaired. If
itcan, it is refurbished
and re-sold to
someonewho
needs it.
•
Ifnot, reusable
partsare recovered for
resaleand the rest is
processed sovaluable
materialscanbe safely
and responsibly
extracted.
Steel,copper,
aluminum,plastic,
glass,andevengold
and silvercanallbe
found inelectronics
and recovered for
recycling.
Electronics
Your Old Computer Can Become New Again
The U.S. electronics recycling industry annually processes more than 5
million tons of used and end-of-life electronics equipment – cell phones,
TVs, computers, copiers, fax machines, music players, copiers, and even
iPads! More than 70 percent of the electronics collected and recycled here
in the U.S. can be sorted and used as ingredients in the manufacture of new
products. Shredding or otherwise processing the electronics makes
available the valuable materials contained within them – including steel,
copper, aluminum, plastic, and glass. The rest are refurbished and resold as
functioning electronic equipment both here in the U.S. and internationally.
Source: JASON Learning/ISRI