UP Recycling

Here's some info on UP recycling in honor of Earth Day.

specific items that we take for recycling:

Used Cell Phones	Digital Cameras with accessories
Video Game Consoles with accessories	Laptops with power cords
Video Games with case	PDA's/Palm Pilots with accessories
Empty Printer Cartridges	iPods with accessories
GPS Systems	DVD Movies with original packaging

info on why to recycle:

• Every year, 300 million cartridges end up in landfills worldwide.
• Almost eight cartridges are thrown away in the U.S. every second. That is almost 700,000 per day.
• It takes almost 3.5 quarts of oil to produce one laser cartridge. This is almost a gallon of ice cream.
• A half a gallon of oil is saved each time a laser carriage is re-manufactured.
• A cartridge takes at least 1,000 years to decompose. That means a cartridge thrown away today will not decompose until you have Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great....Grandchildren.
• On average, Americans purchase a new cell phone every 18 months.