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We are now accepting Electronic Scrap During office hours only: Monday - Friday: 8:00am to 4:30pm *No Drop Offs*
Our program includes: Computers, monitors, keyboards, TVs, VCRs, Uninterruptible power supplies, copiers, radios, scanners, laptops, mainframe computers, remote controls, tape players, phones, pagers, modems, fax machines, camcorders, answering machines, etc.... How Do You Make Electronics Easier to Recycle?: Here is an interesting article about the issues surrounding e-waste; note that there are 4 pages to the article. Below is an excerpt from the end of the article detailing the dollar value of materials recycled from cell phones. Cell phone recyclables The average cell phone weighs 113 grams (about 4 ounces). By weight,58 percent of that is plastic and 25 percent metals. Ceramics (16percent) and flame retardants (1 percent) make up the rest. A 2006report by the US Geological Survey estimates that the average cell phone contains 63 cents' worth of precious metals. Here's the breakdown, at2005 prices: Material / Weight (g) / Value Copper / 16.0 / $0.03 Silver / 0.35 / $0.06 Gold / 0.034 / $0.40 Palladium / 0.015 / $0.13 Platinum / 0.00034 / $0.01 (As a point of comparison, a standard paper clip weighs 1 gram.) The precious metals in the 130 million cell phones retired in the US in 2005 – some 2,152 metric tons' worth – would be worth $82 million. And the precious metals in the estimated 500 million obsolete cell phones that are stockpiled in drawers and attics nationwide would yield another $314 million. Source: "Recycled Cell Phones – a Treasure Trove of Valuable Metals" USGS
Please call or e-mail us with any questions you may have or for bulk amounts. Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition: Why do we need to worry about where our old electronic equipment is going? Take a look at some of the articles in this website, and be sure to visit the pictures. Printer Cartridges: We can take printer cartridges free of charge. Just bring them to the center and drop them off in the office. Or you can pick up some of the free mailing bags and just drop them in the mailbox the next time you change cartridges in your printer. E-waste educational links: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition: An informational Website that helps explain the growing e-waste problems |
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