e-waste fun facts - electronics recycling · recycle your e-waste! 80,000 tonnes of e-waste gets...

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e-Waste Fun Facts Toxic substances in electronics: Arsenic Barium Beryllium BFRs Cadmium Chromium VI Lead Mercury Nickel PCBs PVC Selenium Yttrium Zinc Sulphide What is e-Waste? Anything electronic that is being thrown away, like computers, monitors, televisions, cell phones... I bet you can think of even more! Why should we recycle e-Waste? Because electronics contain lots of toxins and toxins are bad for humans, animals and the earth! Electronics also contain lots of valuable materials. If we keep mining the earth for these materials then eventually there won’t be any more. Without the materials we won’t be able to make any more electronics! Can you imagine life without a television or computer? Valuable substances in electronics: Gold Silver Platinum Palladium Indium Gallium Be Responsible Recycle Your e-Waste! 80,000 tonnes of e-Waste gets dumped in landfills each year! Electronics recycling is a global issue! Another name for e-Waste is WEEE

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Page 1: e-Waste Fun Facts - Electronics Recycling · Recycle Your e-Waste! 80,000 tonnes of e-Waste gets dumped in landfills each year! Electronics recycling is a global issue! Another name

e-WasteFun Facts

Toxic substances in electronics:ArsenicBariumBerylliumBFRsCadmiumChromium VILeadMercuryNickelPCBsPVCSeleniumYttriumZinc Sulphide

What is e-Waste?Anything electronic that is being thrown away, like computers, monitors, televisions, cell phones... I bet you can think of even more!

Why should we recycle e-Waste?Because electronics contain lots of toxins and toxins are bad for humans, animals and the earth!

Electronics also contain lots of valuable materials.

If we keep mining the earth for these materials then eventually there won’t be any more. Without the materials we won’t be able to make any more electronics!

Can you imagine life without a television or computer?

Valuable substances in electronics:GoldSilverPlatinumPalladiumIndiumGallium

Be Responsible Recycle Your

e-Waste!

80,000 tonnes of

e-Waste gets dumped in

landfills each year!

Electronics recycling is a global issue!

Another name for e-Waste is

WEEE