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16.12.2022 · Peter Bernscherer · Share on Facebook · Share on X (Twitter)
Great support from the European Recycling Platform!
We would like to thank the European Recycling Platform for its generous support of our activities! PCs FÜR ALLE will receive €2021 in 4.736,90 for its significant contribution to waste prevention.
Last year, we already received €3.000 for 2020. Because when we donate used computers or cell phones for free, the environment also benefits. An estimated 200 tons of old devices have been reused this way over the past two years instead of ending up in the landfill.
But we can't pass on everything that passes through our hands. We also receive broken screens, dead batteries, and hard drives, as well as computers and accessories that are too old to be properly reused.
But we don't throw this electronic waste away; we hand it over to a recycling company that recovers as many of the raw materials as possible – especially the metals: One ton of computer scrap contains no less than 70 kilograms of copper, 140 grams of silver, and 30 grams of gold, as well as many other metals such as lead, zinc, nickel, aluminum, platinum, cobalt, and, of course, a great deal of iron. Therefore, the concentration of metals in electronic waste is higher than in any mine in the world. Recycling puts these metals back into the product cycle. This saves vast amounts of energy and prevents the diverse environmental damage caused by mining, especially in countries of the global South.
More information about the European Recycling Platform European Recycling Platform website
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