Who and How things are paid for is not the worst part. But did you know only 20% of what you turn in is recycled? Thats right, just the metals. All the plastics, are burned up or sent to China to be used as fuel. What happens is your computers, monitors, printers, etc are shredded to mincemeat, and the metals removed. Then everything else is burned to CO2 the green house gas. This is done under the name of Smelting, but there is only 4 pounds of lead that is recovered from your average picture tube. The remaining glass goes to a slag pile. The circuit boards are smelted as well, and maybe 1% of that weight is recovered. All the rest becomes CO2. THE PLASTICS WHICH ACCOMPANY THIS MINCEMEAT are also burned up and not RECYCLED. So the term ?RECYCLED? needs to be evaluated, but manufacturers use it a lot, when its not really true.
Ron 801 973 4774 if you want your plastics recycled.
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