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Will climate change affect you?

	Yes, a lot
	Yes, somewhat
	No
	I don't believe the climate is changing
	I'm not sure

Laser Cartridges

3.4 litres of oil are needed to make one new laser cartridge
In just 12 months, cartridge recycling could save 4.3 million litres of oil in a country of 22 million people
About 1,500 tonnes of toner cartridges are sent to landfill in Australia each year
Laser printer cartridges account for over 90% of all throw-away cartridges
A laser cartridge thrown into landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose

Electricity Usage

The "phantom load"—electricity consumed by "switched-off" appliances like TVs, radios, the microwaves—can add $200 a year to your bill.
Switched-off devices account for 40 percent of the energy consumed by electronics in an average home.
Wii is the power-saving leader of game consoles, consuming only 18.4 watts. Compare the hogs: Xbox (186W), PS3 (199W), and a PC (209W at peak usage).

At the 2008 CES, Fujitsu showed a laptop PC whose outside plastic shell is 50 percent vegetable-based polymer alloy.
Creation of a desktop PC usually requires ten times the PC's weight in fossil fuels and chemicals, most of them toxic.
Manufacturing one desktop and one monitor requires: 240kgs of fossil fuel, 26kgs of chemicals and 1.5 tons of water.
While old CRT monitors use more energy to show white than black, LCDs spend slightly more energy to show black than white.
As much as 50 percent of the power most desktop computers use is wasted as heat jettisoned by fans on the power supply.
Some LCDs are built using plastic rather than glass, which is far easier to recycle.