The Landfill Reality!!!        Lead, mercury, cadmium, barium and phosphorous are all toxins that are constantly poured into landfills. These toxins affect our environment on every scale. Please remember these toxins affect human beings, wildlife and our generations to come.   Did you know?   • 3.2 million tons is the amount of PC equipment currently in landfills. • 150 million: minimum number of personal computers that will be buried in U.S. landfills by 2005. • 20.6 million: minimum number of PC's that fell into disuse in 1998, according to The National Safety Council. • 11%: percentage of those that were recycled. • Computers can contain up to 6.3% lead. • CRTs (computer monitors) contain lead to shield users from radiation and this lead could pose an environmental hazard when used CRTs are incinerated. • The Environmental Protection Agency says lead can make up as much as 25% of the weight of monitors weighing anywhere from 15 to 90 pounds. • 80% of all American trash and waste is taken to the landfill. • 2/3 of our landfills closed down in the last decade. • Plastics and computer related scrap fill our landfills while contaminating our ground and water daily. • Only 10% of our nation's plastics are actually being recycled.   Actual EPA Guidelines        In 1992, the Environmental Protection Agency banned the landfill dumping of CRT's and in 1993, the EPA began targeting companies that dispose large quantities of CRT's through landfills. In addition to the EPA, many state and local agencies are now monitoring the disposal of CRT's and other computer equipment.        As a corporation, many people do not understand that the corporation holds all liabilities for their assets until liability has been released in writing. In short, that means if a PC or electronic piece of equipment was previously purchased by your company somehow ends up in a landfill, your company is liable for that product and damage it has caused.