The Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (RMC), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Center for Survey Research at Penn State Harrisburg, has completed a five-month, statewide survey to determine the amount of e-scrap likely destined for Pennsylvania recycling programs.
The survey was part of the Spring 2016 Penn State Poll. The results show:
- Forty-four percent of Pennsylvanians know where to take their electronics to be recycled.
- Sixty-five percent are willing to travel 10 miles or less to have their electronics recycled.
- Fifhty percent report they do not want to pay to have their electronics recycled.
Using statewide survey data, the RMC estimates:
- Residentially, about 6.8 million tube televisions and cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors combined remain in Pennsylvania, with an average weight of 58 pounds.
- The combined weight of tube televisions and CRTs in the state is 396 million pounds.
- The total residential count of in-use and out-of-use electronics equipment in Pennsylvania is about 694 million devices.
- The total residential weight of in-use and out-of-use electronics equipment in Pennsylvania is 1 billion pounds.
The survey attributes the decline of consumer outlets for e-recycling to the state Covered Device Recycling Act of 2010. According to the Pennsylvania RMC’s 2016 findings, only 32 collection sites in the state accept all covered electronic devices at no charge as specified in the Act.
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