Stats and Testimonials

Overview

This page exists as a landing page for information that talks about how great Free Geek is. This page was written

• Awards now have their own page. It includes grants we have received.

• Testimonials now have their own page.
• If you're unsure of anything, put it below the double line until it's ready.

Proposed New Format For Statistics

• Stats for the most recent year
  • Recylcing stats
  • Program stats
  • Donation stats
• Cumulative Stats
  • Recycling stats
  • Program stats
  • Donation stats
• Portland Ewaste Statistics
• General eWaste statistics
• Information about environmental toxins (linked to wikipedia)

I think that reorganizing this way would help make this document way more usable.Luiz 00:47, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Statistics

Free Geek

• Free Geek has received 31,441 computers (systems), 33,169 monitors and 22,102 printers

taken by Oso from FGDB 11/2000 to 12/05/2005

• Free Geek has put more than 6,400 (6,412) computer systems

taken by Oso from FGDB 11/2000 to 12/05/2005

• Free Geek has recycled approximately 1,000 tons of e-scrap since its inception (current as of 12/2005).

• Last year (2005) Free Geek recovered 420 tons of e-scrap (compiled by Oso - life of program - 11/2000 to 12/05/2005).

• Roughly 20% of systems donated to Free Geek over the last 5 years, after reconfiguration, have gone back out as working systems.

rephrased from Oso's two stats above. --Pete 12:32, 4 Jan 2006 (PST)

• see 2005_Annual_Report

The World Outside

• Portland writer Elizabeth Grossman has a lot of numbers in her 2006 book: High Tech Trash [1] (WARNING: sweet link)--Revphil 15:45, 23 August 2007 (PDT)
  • The world generates twenty to fifty million metric tons of e-waste each year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
  • Discarded electronics account for approximately 70 percent of heavy metals and 40 percent of the lead found in U.S. landfills according to a 2001 EPA report.
  • 250 million computers are expected to become obsolete between 2007 and 2008 and at least 200 million televisions will be discarded between 2003 and 2010.
  • Between 1992 and 2002, U.S. sales of consumer electronics, including PCs, quadrupled.
  • 95 percent of American consumers do not know the meaning of “e-waste” and 58 percent are not aware of an electronics recycling program in their community.
  • Between two and four million tons of e-waste from the United States wind up overseas each year for low-tech recycling.

• 1.5 billion pounds (750,000 tons) of electronic equipment dumped annually and processed into landfills (11/2006, International Association of Electronics Recyclers)
• In the next decade, about 3 billion units of consumer goods will become garbage (11/2006, International Association of Electronics Recyclers)

Needed

• # of boxes adopted/granted/sold last year
• Toxins in computers
• Functions of toxins in computers
• A few hardware grantee examples: what does the org. do? what did we give them? what did they use the hardware for? contact info at organization.

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Table below reflects number of monetary donations (including monitor fees, individuals, organizations) over $500, $400, etc. Note that several donations of $50 in one year would show up in the "under $100" column, instead of showing up in aggregate.

--Pete 12:14, 4 Jan 2006 (PST) (using data supplied by Richard. See talk page for SQL queries.)

Number of Donations by Dollar Amount

year	$500 & up	$400 -499	$300 -399	$200 -299	$100 -199	under $100	hardware only
2001	1	1	0	3	12	1131	729
2002	1	1	2	7	40	2100	979
2003	3	2	7	10	76	3329	1368
2004	19	5	9	30	130	5875	1530
2005	11	3	13	40	181	7496	1799

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Awards

See Awards. Includes Grants received.

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in-progress stuff

When an item has been completed and verified, please move it above the double line AND put your name by it, in case of questions.

Quantifying our accomplishments:

Oso- curious about the estimate. Are there any materials, or time periods we CAN get hard numbers for, or is that just something that isn't tracked? Also, do I understand right, this is what we've sent out and literally "recycled", not including the stuff we've reused? --Pete 21:00, 7 Dec 2005 (PST)

possible interviewees

folks reporters might want to interview for more detail on certain topics:

• Consensus process: Richard (?)
• Education/workforce training: Laurel, Michael, Liane
• Free Geek as a good playground for making Free Software: Vagrant
• Free Geek as Portland citizen: Oso, Marie, RevPhil
• Fundraising: Oso
• Kids at FG: Forrest, Michael McC.
• LPI tests: Reid Leake, passed 101 and 102 in '05; Keith Lofstrom, prefers email over phone
• Recycling: Christen/Oso
• Linux-related aspects of Free Geek: Dave or Martin
• Volunteer programs: Shawn
• Volunteering: Bob G., Dirk M, Pete, Wren, Dottye, RevPhil
• Worker's Collective: Shawn (?)

other relevant wiki pages

good sources for stats

• Successful Grants
• FGdb
• Tour Spiels

places to use info contained here

• Tour Howto
• Press Kit
• Grant applications
• web site