Today every business, industry and home has a number of electronic devices. The useful life of this equipment will end at some point and disposing of it in an enviornmentally responsible manner will become necessary.

As the number of these items increases dramatically every year, their proper disposal becomes even more critical.

Here are a few facts about electronic waste and our enviornment.

• 80% of all American trash and waste is landfilled.

• The National Safety Council estimates that the number of obsolete computers in the United States will reach 315 million in 2004. Yet, this same study found that only about 11% of obsolete equipment is recycled.
• 80% of all American trash and waste is landfilled.
• Plastics and computer related scrap decompose daily in landfills while contaminating our ground and water.
• Nearly 200 million tons of waste is land filled each year!

If only 1% of the above number is electronics, it will result in the land filling of:

• 160,000 tons of leaded glass (8%)
• 1,150,000 tons of ferrous metals (57.5%)
• 472,000tons of non-ferrous metals (23%)
• 120,000 tons of precious metals (6%)
• 88,000 tons of mixed plastic(4.4%)
• 6,000 tons of hazardous waste (.3%)

Since many waste disposal sites are currently closing their facilities to businesses with electronic scrap. Amerturk offers a practical and enviornmentally sound disposal alternative.

This is where Amerturk comes in.