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The resale of inactive, obsolete or surplus
electronics products and components, or the dismantling and separation of all
parts and materials for reuse or recycling, resulting in the elimination of the
need for landfilling. |
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Selecting Your Electronics Recycler
Dispose of your
obsolete electronics wisely. A wholly new industry is evolving to serve your
needs. Before you select an electronics recycling company , ask these
questions:
Does your recycler really recycle, or only resell?
Only 30% of obsolete electronics can be re-sold. The other 70% will most
likely require recycling. Many "recyclers" simply trash the unsold material and
have it taken off to landfills.
Is your recycler permitted?
Very few electronics recyclers really are. State permits invite scrutiny
by state environmental regulators. That means environmental rules are more
likely to be observed.
Does your recycler have a funded closure
plan?
Without this plan, your obsolete electronics scrap can be
abandoned as soon as the marketable items are sold off. Someone has to pay for
the disposal. It could be you.
Does your recycler have a no
landfill policy?
If the answer is "yes," then congratulations. Few
recyclers can make this claim. Unless your recycler makes a clear commitment to
keeping material out of landfills, the result is a tragic waste of re-usable
resources.
Does your recycler have a documented hazardous waste
disposal plan?
We strongly recommend that you investigate this
first-hand. It is very important that you know how these and other high-risk
materials are handle d since they are your responsibility.
If the
answer to any of these questions is "no," contact DMC, the electronics
recycling company. Besides being a permitted recycler, our scope of services
are second to none and include resale, dismantling, chip removal and
refurbishment, precious metals reclaim and machine processing of hard to
recycle items such as monitors, keyboards and printers.
That is why
businesses, government agencies and other organizations are discovering DMC ---
the one-stop solution to their electronics recycling needs.
The
Future of Electronics Scrap
Our appetite for ever newer and faster
technology is beginning to harbor dire environmental consequences that only a
few years back went unrecognized. Shortened product life-cycles have led to
early obsolescence and the 20-year accumulation of hundreds of millions of tons
of scrap or surplus electronics equipment. Disposing of our electronics looms
among the environmental issues that society a nd industry must address.
Today, there are
few alternatives to landfilling and no direct legislation that prohibits this
recourse. As a result, huge quantities of raw materials and, in many cases
re-useable electronics products, are being wasted.
Environmental
regulators are starting to see the problem. Strategies have arisen to encourage
recycling of electronics equipment by making it both manageable and desirable.
DMC currently provides what the regulators are striving toward -- an attractive
alternative to landfilling that reuses all of the products and
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