e-Waste
What is E-Waste?
A lot has been said and discussed about electronic Waste or e-waste, the recent buzzword of the era. The term is however used to describe old, end-of-life electronic appliances such as computers, laptops, TVs, DVD players, mobile phones, mp3 players etc., which have been disposed of by their original users. As a matter of fact with the IT industry growing at the lightning speed, the fast-growing piles of e-waste worldwide, particularly in developed nations has been observed. According to the EPA, nearly 250 million computers will become outdated in the next five years. And the harrowing fact is unless the obsolete technology are quickly and safely disposed off, e-waste soon is going to take its huge, alarming and absolutely irreversible toll on all life and even on the environment.
So, is there no way out? Of course there are ways and it is perhaps the best time to stand united and decisively say NO to unsafe e-waste disposal. Yes, you have read it right; it’s now the time to seriously think about eco friendly computer liquidation. Well, your worries about hazardous e-waste disposal, end when you consider environment friendly computer recycling and return obsolete computers to the eco friendly computer recycler.
The CompuQuest solution:
In today's business climate, you can't afford to improperly dispose of your end-of-life (EOL) electronic material. In addition, the risk of not destroying data on hard drives properly can cost your company thousands if not millions in customer notifications, regulatory audits, possible fines and law suits. So, first thing first - stop throwing away your old notebooks, laptops, desktops or the CRT monitors. In fact the CRT monitors are typically classified as hazardous household waste by the US government. So what to do with the hazardous e waste? Try and find a place which shows responsibility in the way they handle or reuse or recycle monitors and computers.
CompuQuest as one of the reliable computer recycler provides a complete solution from pickup to final disposition to ensure that security and environmental compliance are all in place. Our secure transport engineers will pick up your equipment at your location and transport it safely to our secured facility.
Depending on your e-waste we provide our clients with certificates of disposal to verify that the documented materials have not only been received by CompuQuest, but have also been treated in compliance with the guidelines set forth by Federal Regulations for computer liquidation. Ask about our processes and methodologies to handle CRT's, fluorescent lamps and batteries.
We prepare and arrange to recycle computers to a local family, friend, school, or nonprofit such as Goodwill or Technology Training Foundation.
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Depending on the age and condition of your e-waste, we can sell it worldwide to be reused in 3rd world countries for corporate or home use. In fact some of the outdated computers are not really out-of-date for the 3rd world countries and the uses for these computers in the 3rd world countries can last many more years even after US markets deem them e-waste.
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We recycle to bare metals and plastics. We can arrange for this option depending on your needs.
