The Carbon Footprint of Our E-Waste

ie caron frooLrint DE Cour E-Weste The United States produces 22 Billion Pounds of electronics annually Electronics Manufacturing in the US consumes... 156 Billion Kilowatt hours equal to 28 power plants Within 4 years those electronics will be 70% 30% trashed recycled That's the same as throwing away 110 Billion Kilowatt hours It's enough to power or trashing 20 power plants 6.4 Million homes for a year That trashed electricity has a carbon footprint of 407 Billion cubic ft. of atmosphere... Learn more ..dwarfing the Empire State. BLUEdot egister.op For every household in the United States That e-waste is responsible for 3,600 cubic feet of greenhouse gas... are trashed annually ...the size of this balloon. recycie Sources. http://www.epa.gov. www.returnonit.co.uk http://geology.com http://www.electronicstakeback.com http://energy.goy https://www.census,gov earn how to eliminate your carbon footprint at www.bluedotregister.org O B: