Recyclers recover more than 100 million pounds of reusable
materials from electronics each year. Recycling electronics
helps reduce pollution that would be generated while
manufacturing a new product and the need to extract valuable and
limited virgin resources. It also reduces the energy used in new
product manufacturing. If you combine consumer and non-consumer
computer equipment (commercial, industrial and government
sectors), industry experts estimate that more than 2 billion
will become obsolete over the next five years. More information
can be found on Electronics Recycling at ban.org