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| | JTR: Commodities - Electronics |
 | | Electronics recycling is a labor intensive activity, and the economics favor larger firms that are able to make large capital investments in equipment for automated sorting and destruction of electronic components. |
 | | The infrastructure for electronics recycling is growing with recycling companies, state and local initiatives, national programs like EPA's "Plug In To eCycling" campaign, and retailers and manufacturers supporting electronics recycling, making it easier for consumers to recycle end-of-life electronics if they choose to do so. |
 | | Only 9 percent of the more than 2 million tons of consumer electronics thrown out in 2000 in the United States were recycled, despite the fact that personal computers (PCs), mainframe computers, monitors, telecommunications equipment, and consumer electronics such as televisions contain a wide variety of recoverable materials. |
| www.epa.gov /epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/jtr/comm/electron.htm (933 words) |
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