why recycling
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.