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Over the last few decades the world has seen an explosion in demand and supply of electronic devices.
As the world’s hunger for faster, more functional electronics grew, the lifecycle of electronic equipment shortened. This phenomenon has resulted in millions of tons of obsolete electronic equipment generated each year; a quantity growing at an exponential rate all over the world.
Statistics support the fact that ewaste is the fastest growing segment of solid waste in the United States.
Statistics also overwhelmingly support the fact that the vast majority of ewaste is not recycled. “Only 23 percent of Americans recycle their old or unused electronic items, and 41 percent either throw such items in the trash or don’t dispose of them at all, according to a national survey by Staples.”… “Every day in the U.S., an estimated 133,000 computers are discarded and not recycled or reused, which causes mounting trash and toxicity in landfills.”… “68 percent of consumers stockpile used or unwanted computer equipment in their homes.”
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