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2003 California Passes 1 st State Legislation 2004 Maine Passes Initial Law 2005 Maryland Adopts e-Waste Law 2006 Washington New States Sign on E- Waste Legislation OR, MN, CT Protecting Your Identity and The Environment

New States Pass Recycling Legislation, Illinois Included 2009 Wisconsin and Indiana Join Legislative States New States Join the Team Vermont & Pennsylvania 2011 Utah Jumps on board 2012 Illinois Landfill Ban in Full Affect Protecting Your Identity and The Environment

What is in E-waste? Toxic substances! 7 PCB Cadmium Lead Mercury Barium Lithium Televisions, Computers, Monitors, Mobile phones, Audio equipment, Fax machines, etc. contain: Protecting Your Identity and The Environment

$ Treated as Trash Paid a fee! Recycle Free! Many of the items in our landfills today are filled with lead, cadmium, mercury, and precious metals. Protecting Your Identity and The Environment

2.6 MILLION 3.6 MILLION 4.6 MILLION 5.1 MILLION Electronics manufacturers are now producing products in a more rapid manner = disposal at a more rapid manner Allows recyclers to have a more steady stream of obsolete products coming in Volumes have lead to enforcement of legislation Number of Americans Purchasing New TV’s 15.9 Million TV’s 1.5 Billion lbs of e-Scrap Protecting Your Identity and The Environment

10 In 2010: 384 million electronic devices were disposed in the US 3.1 million tons of e-waste trashed or exported Only 19% recycled, 81% Trashed = 2.5 million tons U.S. Generating E-Waste at Record Breaking Rate Protecting Your Identity and The Environment

CRT glass is a real problem in the U.S. Only a couple real options in the U.S Storage of the CRT glass CRT’s have up to 6 pounds of lead, + mercury, beryllium, cadmium, etc. 11 TV & Monitor CRT Glass Issues Protecting Your Identity and The Environment

Responsibly reclaiming the copper, gold, silver, nickel and other precious earth metals used in the production of today’s electronics. Urban Mining Protecting Your Identity and The Environment

18 Seth Smith Director of Sales Vintage Tech LLC 1105 Windham Parkway Romeoville, IL (o) (f) Protecting Your Identity and The Environment