The cost is small,
the environmental benefit is huge

Free CD Recycling and free Hard Drive Recycling are services offered by Back Thru The Future Technology Disposal, to consumers with a desire to improve their environmental footprint. CDs and hard drives are made of high value recyclable material - polycarbonate plastic and aluminum respectively. The recycling of CDs and hard drives saves substantial amounts of energy and prevents significant amounts of both air and water pollution attributed to the manufacturing of these items from virgin material.

CD/DVD Recycling Facts

• A cd/dvd is considered a class 7 recyclable plastic
• 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

Why recycle CDs and DVDs
with Back Thru The Future?

Environmental stewardship has become a marketing buzz phrase.  We believe that we “walk the talk”.  Back Thru The Future was established 19 years ago as an environmentally responsible remarketer of used computers.  We have evolved into one of the largest and most respected technology disposal companies in the US.  We are a Federal EPA and NJ DEP licensed “Class D” electronic recycling facility.  Our classification requires monthly audits of our processing, handling and record keeping.  We just don’t say we’re environmentally compliant, we must prove it every month.

Hard Drive
Recycling Facts

• Each hard drive contains over one pound of recyclable aluminum
• Recycling one hard drive saves enough energy to:
  • light a 100 watt bulb for 134 hours, or
  • run your television for 102 hours or
  • the energy equivalent of 1.5 gallons of gasoline
• Recycling aluminum is 95% more energy efficient than producing aluminum from ore
• Recycling aluminum results in 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution than producing aluminum from ore
  

Shipping Instructions:

Place your CDs and DVDs in a suitable shipping package. No special protective packaging is required. Ship to: Back Thru The Future, 150 Main Street, Ogdensburg, NJ 07439. Write "CD" on the outside of your shipping package.

E-mail questions to RECYCLE@BackThruTheFuture.com
or call 973-823-9752 and ask for Free CD Recycling