During the first nine months of 2011, over 16,000 metric tonnes of unwanted electronics were returned to Encorp's Return-It Electronics Collection Sites. That is a 32% increase, or 4,018 tonnes, from the same period of last year. With the addition of Phase 2 material in July 2010, collection sites received and handled 13.7% more material in 2011 than in the same period of last year on average.
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Jan- Sep 2011 |
Jan- Sep 2010 |
Change from 2010 |
% Change from 2010 |
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Pallets and Mega Bags Collected |
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Phase 1 |
42,864 |
35,364 |
7,500 |
21% |
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Phase 2 |
7,277 |
1,761 |
5,516 |
313% |
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Total |
50,141 |
37,125 |
13,016 |
35% |
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Weight Collected (Metric Tonnes) |
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Phase 1 |
15,006 |
12,267 |
2,740 |
22% |
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Phase 2 |
1,716 |
438 |
1,278 |
292% |
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Total |
16,723 |
12,705 |
4,018 |
32% |
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