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Recycling Laptop Computers - What You Need To Know
Description
Portable computing device
Brands
Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, MSI, Razer, Samsung
Data Risk Potential
High
End of Life Recycling Process
Hazard removal and shredding for commodity recovery
Environmental Health and Safety Hazards
Mercury lamps and embedded batteries
Recycling Facts
- Recycling one hundred thousands laptops can save enough electricity to power 365 homes per year.
- Recycling laptops helps mineral processing companies avoid mining by reusing minerals and metals found in laptop parts
- In 2010, 47.4 million laptops were estimated to have reached the end of their life. 29.4 million were thrown away while only 18 million were recycled.
- Recycled laptops can be refurbished, taken apart for learning purposes, or reused for their metals and other materials.
- Recycling your laptop helps to create job opportunities. 296 jobs are created for every 10,000 tons of material that are recycled.
Why use Quantum?
- Quantum is one of the leading electronics recycling companies in Canada with over 325,000 square feet of cutting edge recycling facilities with headquarters in Toronto.
- Quantum is fully certified so that you can be certain that all of your electronics are recycled responsibly and securely.
- We issue a Certificate of Recycling for every load of electronic waste that we pick up.
Next Steps
Contact Quantum at 416-222-1773 or use the form to book an electronics pickup.