Recycling

Regulatory

When you donate, give, or sell your excess technology are you sure that it is handled in an EPA approved manner? Are they removing your companies information and files from the hard drives? Your equipment has much more value today that it will in six months. Do you have an ongoing relationship to maximize your asset recovery dollars? Regulations That Apply to Recyclers and Other Handlers of Electronic Waste Under state and federal regulations, television picture tubes and cathode-ray-tube (CRT) computer monitors can be managed as universal wastes. Universal wastes are still hazardous, and must be recycled or disposed at authorized hazardous waste facilities, but they are not subject to license and manifest requirements for transport. Batteries may also be managed as universal wastes. Printed circuit boards that are shredded and recycled are exempt from regulation as solid waste. Guidance about hazardous lamps is found in Universal Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps of these components and other types of electronic equipment, however, may be subject to regulation (reporting requirements and operating standards) as generators of hazardous waste. Issues related to permitting requirements can be quite complicated. Universal Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps. This guide tells how to comply with state and federal law when disposing of lamps that contain mercury, lead, or other hazardous substances. Fluorescent tubes, sodium vapor lamps, metal halide lamps & incandescent lamps may be covered by the regulations. Electronics Recycling for Households Although televisions and computer monitors are classified as hazardous waste by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, electronic equipment when generated as waste by a household is not subject to federal or state regulation as hazardous waste. However we encourage everyone to recylce there computers and e-trash responcibly.

Outsourcing Your Company's Computer Disposal Makes Financial Sense.

Several areas related to the transfer/sale/disposal of company-purchased hardware are a major source of potential exposure and liability. The average computer has a life span of less than two years. As a result, used computers are accumulating at an exponential rate. Three-quarters of all computers purchased in the U.S. are stored in homes and offices. Often, the staff tasked with the proper disposal of these electronic assets are relegated to administrative level personnel. Often, administrative level personnel are unfamiliar with the costs involved in proper asset retirement

Our clients include end uses needing to liquidate used equipment, manufacturers looking to dispose of overstocks, demonstrator units, returns, adn other excess products and leasing companies that suddely find themselves with return equipment. Disposing of computers and/or computerized equipment without ensuring that proper disk-cleansing processes are in place leads to dat a leakage, divulging of internal proceses, punlic exposure of client data and unnecessary risks for your organization. Failure to ensure that data erasure/destruction proceses are in place and followed. The data residing on the disk drives are the most expensive portion of computer disposal costs. Risk mitigation should be of primary concern when defining computer disposal processes.

The other potential high-cost issue related to electronic asset retirement is environmental compliance. A generally unknown fact is that computers and computerized equipment contain toxic materials, such as lead, phosporous, chromium, solvents as well as chlorinated and brominated substances, acids, plastics, and plastic additives. Environmental liability laws in most states declare that the "original" purchaser or owner of these type of equipment from the producers/manufacturers are responsible for its proper disposal. So, if your company sells used equipment to another company and that second company improperly disposes of these equipment, the original purchaser may be help liable for costs associated with its removal, land/water restoration and any fines associated with improper disposal.

Mak & Co. relieves the IT asset management burden. We can efficiently and creatively manage end-of-cycle electronic assets to benefit your business including reducing your risk of exposure with responsible hazardous material handling and disposal practices and proprietary data ereasure protocols. Safe Recycling of Computers and E- trash. We recycle Computers, Monitors, Perinials, CPU and memory. Destruction and cleaning of Hard Drives. We can service all your computer and E trash needs recycling needs. Protect the planet, protect your company. Contacts for information and quotes.

Copiers

Recycling of Copiers, all models. Safe Recycling of Drums and Toner. Safe recycling of your out of date and unused copiers. Contact us for for quotes.