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Home Electronics: By the Numbers
- 15 percent: Percentage of money spent on powering your computer dedicated to computing, worldwide; the rest of the $250 billion is spent on energy wasted in idling.
- 70 percent: Percentage of waste composed of discarded electronics, out of all hazardous waste.
- 529 pounds: Amount of fossil fuels required to manufacture a 53-pound computer system (including the monitor), along with 49 pounds of chemicals and 1.5 tons of water.
- 15 billion: Batteries produced annually worldwide.
- 40 percent: Of the energy used for electronics in your home is used while these devices are turned off.
- 1 billion: Kilowatt hours of power each year that could be saved by using energy efficient battery chargers in the US; this in turn would save more than $100 million each year, and prevent the release of more than a million tons of greenhouse gasses.
Sources: Worldchanging, BBC, Green Batteries, Energy Star
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