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Why Recycle Electronic Products Electronic products are made from valuable resources and materials, including metals, plastics, and glass, all of which require energy to mine and manufacture. Donating or recycling consumer electronics conserves our natural resources and avoids air and water pollution, as well as greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by manufacturing virgin materials (EPA). For Other Recycling locations near you please visit http://www.ecyclingcentral.co m/ 5% of all solid waste is electronic waste, seems like a small amount but that accounted for roughly 41.5 million tons in 2011 which roughly increased to 93.5 million in 2016, only 20-30% of which is not going to landfills (MarketsandMarkets). We must educate ourselves and others about the E-waste crisis which will help increase the want to recycle electronics to better our planet and the future for our loved ones. We Must work as a team to Starts December 1 st 2016 at your local fire department! Tell your friends and family! Accepting all electronics: Refrigerators Printers Computers Cell Phones DVD Players Televisions Etc. If you have any questions or concerns please either email us at Helprecycle@recyclee-wa ste.com

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Why Recycle Electronic ProductsElectronic products are made from valuable resources and materials, including metals, plastics, and glass, all of which require energy to mine and manufacture. Donating or recycling consumer electronics conserves our natural resources and avoids air and water pollution, as well as greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by manufacturing virgin materials (EPA).

For Other Recycling locations near you please visit http://www.ecyclingcentral.com/

5% of all solid waste is electronic waste, seems like a small amount but that accounted for roughly 41.5 million tons in 2011 which roughly increased to 93.5 million in 2016, only 20-30% of which is not going to landfills (MarketsandMarkets).

We must educate ourselves and others about the E-waste crisis which will help increase the want to recycle electronics to better our planet and the future for our loved ones.

We Must work as a team to decrease electronic waste and increase recycling to better the future for ourselves and our loved ones! Lets work together to save the planet, one step at a time!!

Starts December 1st 2016 at your local fire department! Tell your friends and family!

Accepting all electronics:Refrigerators PrintersComputers Cell PhonesDVD Players TelevisionsEtc. If you have any questions or concerns please either email us [email protected] or call us at 1-800-EWASTE

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Idea• A Pamphlet which will be distributed around areas with electronic-

waste recycling or processing facilities, it will include various information's about the electronic waste crisis, websites to get more information about the crisis and how it effects the planet and yourself. Locations of nearby e-waste recycling locations and best ways to recycle certain products. The goal is to increase the amount of people who understand the e-waste crisis which should in turn create a increase in electronic recycling.

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Works Cited• "Please+recycle - Google Search." Please+recycle - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web.

04 Dec. 2016• "Where+to+recycle+electronics - Google Search." Where+to+recycle+electronics -

Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2016.• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2016, February). Electronics Donation

and Recycle. Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.epa.gov/recycle/electronics-donation-and-recycling (Links to an external site.)

• "Electronic-waste Management Market by Material Recovery (Metals, Plastic, & Glass), Source Type (Household Appliances, Entertainment & Consumer Electronics, & IT & Telecommunication), and by Geography - Forecast to 2020." Electronic-waste Management Market by Material Recovery - 2020 | MarketsandMarkets. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2016.