Vanessa Rogier – Conservation Manager for The Trash Punx

170,965 pounds.

That’s how much electronic waste you helped keep out of the landfill through The Trash Punx e-waste collection events.

Old televisions. Computers. Laptops. Cell phones. Monitors. Printers. Wires. Batteries. Electronics that were broken, outdated or simply no longer needed.

You brought them to us.

And together, you kept 170,965 pounds of e-waste out of the waste stream and sent it where it could be properly handled and recycled.

That includes more than 1,200 flat-panel TVs and monitors, 950 laptops, 660 cell phones and 220 old CRT televisions and monitors.

And that matters.

Electronic waste isn't ordinary trash. Many electronics contain materials such as lead, mercury, cadmium and other substances that need to be handled properly. When e-waste is responsibly recycled, those materials can be managed safely instead of ending up where they don't belong.

But there’s another side to this story.

Electronics are also filled with resources — copper, aluminum, glass, precious metals and other materials that can be recovered and used again.

So every old laptop you brought us mattered.

Every television.

Every cell phone sitting forgotten in a drawer.

Every box of tangled cords you finally decided to get rid of.

One person dropping off an old computer may not feel like they're changing much.

But thousands of people making that same small decision?

170,965 pounds.

That's what happens when a community shows up.

You brought it.

You recycled it.