Now you know

Now you know

Are you wondering why recycling is so important? Especially, recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment?
Maybe you had no idea that…

…25% of the population uses 80% of the available electrical energy

…the TV set, the printer, the computer or any other electronic device left in the stand-by mode consumes between 40% and 70% of the energy that it would consume if it were powered, which means an additional useless expense and a waste of energy

…50% of the energy used by mobile phone chargers is wasted by leaving them connected to the plug socket without the phone being connected to them.

…a PC monitor left on during a whole night uses sufficient electrical energy to print 800 A4 pages with laser.

…Certain mobile phones and their accessories contain some of the most hazardous substances known by humans, and almost 450 million mobile phones were purchased last year at a global level?

…using an electrical lawnmower for an hour pollutes as much as a car that makes 563 km.

…electronic waste is the cause of 70% of the total toxic materials in a landfill.

…inadequate storage of waste causes negative effects, and its destruction through non-regulated procedures leads to the occurrence of hazardous emissions and very concentrated and pollutant residues.

…besides metals, like aluminium, this equipment contains very toxic substances such as mercury and chlorofluorocarbon which contaminates the soil and the underground water even in small doses.

…the cathode-ray tube of a TV set can pollute 50 square meters of soil for a period of 30 years?

…the mercury in a watch battery can infest 500 l of water for a period of 50 years?

…1 out of 6 new born babies is exposed to such a high level of mercury that there is a major risk that the baby could develop learning disabilities and short term memory losses, affecting thus the IQ level.
Recycling, each of us contributes to maintaining natural resources and ensuring a healthy and balanced life. The evolution of the quality of life, the future of the nation, world and beloved ones depend on recycling. Recycling means saving the forest, means clean air, clear sky, and fertile rain.

Because…

… by recycling a refreshment aluminium can you save enough energy to work on a laptop for 10 hours? Imagine how much we could save by recycling a refrigerator!

… one tonne of recycled paper means 24 uncut trees, 4 000 kWh saved, 31 780 l of saved water and 27 kg of pollutant substances not released into the atmosphere? Imagine how much a tone of recycled refrigerators would be!

… by replacing a 20 year old refrigerator with a new energetically efficient one you save 65% of the invoice value

… recycling a tone of aluminium can save almost 6 tonnes of oil. Recycling aluminium consumes 95% less energy than that required to produce it from raw materials!

….if an average family recycled all glass containers for a year, the saved energy could supply their TV set for almost 100 hours.

… each recycled Coke bottle of 1.5 litters saves enough energy to supply a 60 watt light bulb for 6 hours.

…the recycling symbol is represented by arrows placed in the form of a triangle because it is an endless process? The arrows represent the reduction, reuse and recycling operations

And if you wonder what to do to get rid of old electronic equipment…

… You can take it out in the street to be taken-over by sanitation agents with the occasion of the national WEEE collection campaigns organized by the Ministry of Environment in partnership with WEEE Management Collective Associations – The Great Disposal;

… You can hand it over whether in stores when purchasing a new product, or to dedicated collection points;

… You can request the distributor to take it over from your domicile when a new purchased product is delivered to you.

… You can use the call-centre service to receive further information 031 821 DEEE