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Recycling electronic & electrical waste

  • Did you know that, in Ireland, you can no longer dispose of IT equipment in the bin, in a skip, or at your local waste tip?
  • Recycling aluminium uses 95% less energy than making it from raw ore, creates 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution.
  • Using recycled material to produce new plastic products uses just two-thirds of the energy required to manufacture it from raw materials.
  • Virtually every electrical household item from hairdryers to fridges can be recycled.
  • By recycling the plastic casing of a computer, the required energy to manufacture a new casing is reduced by two-thirds, water use reduced by 85% and sulpher dioxide is reduced by two-thirds.