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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Rau, Gina L.     Subjects     Microcomputers -- Materials -- Recycling -- Wisconsin     Hazardous wastes     Refuse and refuse disposal     MSEV Project.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rau, Gina L.       by title:      Wisconsin end-of-lif...         MARC Display

Wisconsin end-of-life computer study / by Gina L. Rau. by Rau, Gina L. Subjects Microcomputers -- Materials -- Recycling -- Wisconsin   Hazardous wastes   Refuse and refuse disposal   MSEV Project. Description:  Various pagination : ill. ; 28 cm. Contents:  Advisor: Dr. Carol Diggelman Committee members: Michael Schuck, Dr. Kenneth TerBeek Computers in Wisconsin -- Wisconsin regulations for managing end-of-life computers -- Computer recycling infrastructure in Wisconsin -- Options for recycling infrastructure -- The greening of computers -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A) Computer estimates based on U.S. Census Bureau data - B) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel data - C) Private recycling companies - D) Wisconsin County data. This paper presents a summary of a study conducted to: 1) estimate the number of obsolete computers ready for recycling or disposal in WIsconsin, 2) assess Wisconsin's private and public infrastructure for recycling computers, 3) identify gaps in service and barriers to recycling, and 4) determine program costs and potential funding for state or county computer collection programs. The study gathered data to estimate the number of existing computers in Wisconsin and to project the number of computers to be sold in Wisconsin over the next three years. This data was then used to develop a model that estimated the number of computers that were and will be recycled and disposed of from 1989 to 2005 in Wisconsin. A number of computer recycling firms were contacted to determine the number of computers that were recycled in 2002, recycling costs, and the services that they provide. The number of computers that were estimated to be recycled in 2002, 490,000, compares favorably to the number reported by the computer recycling firms, 436,000. Computer collection pilot programs from other states were reviewed to estimate collection program costs in Wisconsin. In 2002, an estimated 194,000 computers were disposed of in Wisconsin. At an average collection program cost of $0.23 per pound of used computer equipment collected, implementing collection programs in Wisconsin to collect and recycle the 194,000 would cost approximately $2.2 million. The current public and private recycling industry has sufficient capacity over the next three years to recycle computers at the estimated rate. However, if collection programs are implemented to capture the computers that are currently being disposed of in Wisconsin, existing recycling forms will need to increase capacity or excess computers will need to be sent out-of-state for recycling.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Master's Theses AC805 .R398 2003 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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