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Everyone is Eco-Guilty

EVERYONE IS EC0-GUILTY Why You Must Turn Your Gadget Off During Earth Hour Does consumerism really make life and society better? Nowadays, Americans, especially the young, are always with their laptops. They even sleep with their smartphones under their pillows, but they still worry about the negative aspects of consumerism. Technology may be to blame here because it has changed the idea of ownership among consumers, thanks to yearly or quarterly releases of top electronic manufacturers. PERCENTAGE OF WOULD USERS MOBILE DEVICES AMERICAN GADGET OWNERS STILL BUY NEW GADGETS? CARBON FOOTPRINT EMISSIONS 12% OWN A PHONE OWN A PHONE HOH OUNALARTOR 15% OW YES! OTHER COMMUN 56% NWATHE 59% CARBON FOOTPRINT SHARE FOR THE TOTAL ICT EMISSION 46% 48% People tend to buy unnecessary products like second gadgets without thinking twice. Everyone needs too much of too many things, especially now that manufacturers release not only once a year, but every quarter. Emissions will continue to rise if consumers will continue to get new gadgets. WE ARE GUILTY OF TWO THINGS Leaving Chargers Plugged Not Turning the Gadget Off 18% FOR PHONES 24% always turns it off I leaves it in idle mode unplugs charger 48% 76% forgets to unplugI LEAVE CHARGERS PLUGGED DO NOT TURN IT OFF leave it for future use always use it 38% This shows that despite the phone's limited use-time, phone users would rather carry their charger with them for future use. 27% of phone users use their devices to watch programs. Watching on phones, despite their smaller size, generates a carbon footprint eight times higher than watching on TV. 2% FOR TABLETS forgets to unplug always turns it off 64% 78% unplugs charger leave it for future use leaves it in idle mode LEAVE CHARGERS PLUGGED DO NOT TURN IT OFF always use the gadget %98 76% According to TheMillions.com, a tablet accounts for an initial carbon footprint 200-250% higher than a paper book, and it increases every time you get a new tablet each year. If Californians save energy by turning off their tablets and other devices, about $306 million could be saved annually in electricity costs. The saved electricity could then be used to power 350,000 homes for one year. 18% 14% FOR LAPTOPS leaves it for future use always use the gadget 72% 54% forgets to unplugI turns off their laptops LEAVE CHARGERS PLUGGED DO NOT TURN IT OFF unplugs charger leaves it idle mode Idle laptops, even without a screen saver, use A laptop produces 460 kg of carbon dioxide emissions in four years. If we use 8.8 kg of carbon dioxide per gallon of gasoline as a comparison, a laptop has emitted about 13 gallons of gas per more than 32 kWh. A user can save at least $25 a month by turning the device off. Power strips are also helpful to stop standby energy on all devices at once. year. A household usually spends $100 annually for devices that are not even used. Nationally, idle devices and appliances use 100 billion kWH of power, enough to power 8.7 million houses. This costs consumers about $11 billion. HOW IMPORTANT IS EARTH HOUR? On average, humanity uses 62,000 terajoules of energy per hour, equivalent to using four Empire State buildings full of oil. So every hour, we spend $2.68 billion on energy, enough to build 24,597 houses and plant a forest as big as the UK. 60 If we have an Earth Hour and save the money to fund renewable energy Turning everything off for one hour every day, we would have enough renewable energy to meet our global electricity demand in as little as 8 months and 10 days. generators, we could build 2 solar arrays, 30 geothermal generators, 4 tidal generators, 37 wind turbines, 102 wave energy converters, or 6 hydroelectric dams. THERE IS STILL HOPE! USERS ARE PREPARED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSED BY REDUCING THEIR ENERGY CONSUMPTION USE users are prepared to contribute users think that they might be prepared to contribute users disagreed to contribute 6% Recycle old or broken gadgets 21% PHONE USERS Charge gadget only once a day 20% Donate old or broken gadgets 16% Give away old or broken gadgets to a friend 16% Sell old or broken gadgets 14% Turn off gadget more than an hour 13% Recycle old or broken gadgets 18% 27% TABLET USERS Charge gadget only once a day 17% Donate old or broken gadgets 17% Give away old or broken gadgets to a friend 14% Sell old or broken gadgets 16% Turn off gadget more than an hour 18% 4% Recycle old or broken gadgets 20% Charge gadget only once a day 11% LAPTOP USER Donate old or broken gadgets 16% Give away old or broken gadgets to a friend 17% Sell old or broken gadgets 8% Turn off gadget more than an hour 18% Despite the fact that consumers tend to buy more than necessary, they still feel the need to contribute to the environmental cause out of guilt. People who are not prepared to contribute may not know the drastic changes electronic waste may cause, because they might be thinking that a phone does not directly (or greatly) damage the environment. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? TURN OFF YOUR GADGETS REGULARLY WHEN NOT IN USE, UNPLUG ALL DEVICES PARTICIPATE DURING GADGETS LYING AROUND EARTH HOUR SHOULD BE RECYCLED 60 OFF Mark your calendar and join this event together with the rest of the world annually. Regularly turn off your phone, laptop and/or tablet in addition to Earth Hour. You can reduce your carbon emission by about 274 kg per year by unplugging everything. Recycle all gadgets lying around at home. Earn cash by selling them to eCycle Best. f Like Us www.facebook.com/eCycleBestOfficial eCycle Best 84 Coney Island Drive Sparks, NV 89431 www.eCycleBest.com y Follow Us www.twitter.com/eCycleBest1 UNICATION DEVICES MOBILE DEVICES 46% 22% %0v OWNALAPTOR 30% 36% 54% 52% %87 52% 50% 56%

Everyone is Eco-Guilty

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New U.S. Study Reveals the Hidden Costs and Eco-Impact of Idling Gadgets and Bad Charging Habits

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