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CD/DVD Recycling Facts
  • Once at a landfill, CDs and DVDs can release Bisphenol A which can cause health implications, as shown recently in the news.

 

  • To manufacture a pound of plastic (30 CDs per pound), it requires 300 cubic feet of natural gas, 2 cups of crude oil and 24 gallons of water

 

  • It is estimated that AOL alone has distributed more than 2 billion CDs. That is the natural gas equivalent of heating 200,000 homes for 1 year.

 

  • It is estimated that it will take over 1 million years for a CD to completely decompose in a landfill.