1. Responsible E-waste Management at Apple

2. What is e-waste?
E-waste is loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, or broken electronic devices.
Such as; computers, mobile phones, TV’s, and refrigerators.
EPA estimates only 15% of e-waste is recycled.

4. Why is it not being recycled?
Many companies that say they will recycle e-waste merely export them to other, poorer countries
There the waste is scrapped for materials in hazardous and unsafe ways.

5. What Apple is doing Apple offers a responsible recycling program
They have two categories, reuse and recycle

6. Reuse
Reuse is if a product still has some value and can be resold in another market
If the product has value Apple offers gift cards as reimbursement

7. Recycle Recycling is for products that have no monetary value
The products are mined for metals, plastics and glass to be used for other products

8. Percentage of e-waste components

9. What else? Any Mac or PC can qualify for the recycling program.
No purchase is necessary.

10. Also
It is important to remove all information from your hard drive before recycling
Apple will do this for you

11. Also
Apple meets the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.
All waste is processed in the region it is collected.
Must comply with health and safety regulations
Apple does not use prison labor

12. Also
Apple’s policy can be found here:

13. Works Cited
"Electronic Waste." Wikipedia (2011): n. pag. Web. 30 May <
Apple recycling program. (n.d.). Retrieved from