Electronic Recycling
IT Recycling: The Problem
Electronics are the fastest growing part of the world's trash problem, with an estimated 50 million computers becoming obsolete annually. Every day, individuals and organizations dispose of mountains of e-waste, containing hazardous and toxic materials that pose significant environmental risks. CRT monitors with toxic lead oxide that can leach into the ground water, PC related components and batteries with chromium, nickel, zinc, mercury and other heavy metals; plastic equipment housings that can release dangerous gasses if incinerated.
Tossing your organization's end-of-life equipment in the dumpster for recycling is simply not an optoin anymore. De-manufacturing and legitimate recycling, utilizing an authorized electronics recycler is the only way to ensure compliance with the more than 550 state and federal e-waste laws currently on the books. Federal legislation governing electronics recycling includes: the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Comprensation and Liability ACT (CERCLA), and Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). These laws specify procedures and reporting requirements for any US organization that recycles as little as 220 pounds of e-waste per month. The penalties for improper recycling or inadequate reporting cab be severe - up to $32,500 per day.
Electronics are the fastest growing part of the world's trash problem, with an estimated 50 million computers becoming obsolete annually. Every day, individuals and organizations dispose of mountains of e-waste, containing hazardous and toxic materials that pose significant environmental risks. CRT monitors with toxic lead oxide that can leach into the ground water, PC related components and batteries with chromium, nickel, zinc, mercury and other heavy metals; plastic equipment housings that can release dangerous gasses if incinerated.
Tossing your organization's end-of-life equipment in the dumpster for recycling is simply not an optoin anymore. De-manufacturing and legitimate recycling, utilizing an authorized electronics recycler is the only way to ensure compliance with the more than 550 state and federal e-waste laws currently on the books. Federal legislation governing electronics recycling includes: the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Comprensation and Liability ACT (CERCLA), and Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). These laws specify procedures and reporting requirements for any US organization that recycles as little as 220 pounds of e-waste per month. The penalties for improper recycling or inadequate reporting cab be severe - up to $32,500 per day.
Recycling: The Solution
Improperly disposed of PC's, monitors, and other hardware leach toxic metals into the soil, contaminate water supplies, and can wind up costing millions of dollars in fines, cleanup costs, and bad publicity. Storing equipment that will never be used again - often at great expense - is not a good option for any organization.
Green! The Color of Responsibility
DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY's comprehensive solutions help businesses protect the environment and their communities. Adhering to a zero-landfill policy, we de-manufacture and recycle 100% of retired assets that are non-functional or are too outdated to be remarketed.
Active Development
As part of our commitment to our zero-landfill policy, our main interest is not only refurbishing and remarketing but to make sure disposal is handled in an environmentally safe manner.
Legislative Compliance
DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY stays current with all relevant environmental and data reporting laws and regulations. This means that you don't have to worry about whether your company is meeting its compliance requirements. Instead, you can count on us to fulfill your requirements through strict regulatory compliance and detailed record keeping. DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY eliminates your compliance risk.
Downstream Controls
DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY partners with leaders in the downstream recycling industry that have been audited and qualified by our rigorous standards. Our qualified partners process all electronic components in accordance with our strict contractual requirements, which in many cases exceed minimum regulatory statutes. We work only with ethical, EPA-compliant recycling partners, and regularly audit and closely monitor thier practices to ensure they meet all state and federal standards. DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY's partner standards are the strictest in the ITAD industry and include restrictions on the use of prison and child labor, U.S. government trade bans, and using recycled material in the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction.
Improperly disposed of PC's, monitors, and other hardware leach toxic metals into the soil, contaminate water supplies, and can wind up costing millions of dollars in fines, cleanup costs, and bad publicity. Storing equipment that will never be used again - often at great expense - is not a good option for any organization.
Green! The Color of Responsibility
DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY's comprehensive solutions help businesses protect the environment and their communities. Adhering to a zero-landfill policy, we de-manufacture and recycle 100% of retired assets that are non-functional or are too outdated to be remarketed.
Active Development
As part of our commitment to our zero-landfill policy, our main interest is not only refurbishing and remarketing but to make sure disposal is handled in an environmentally safe manner.
Legislative Compliance
DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY stays current with all relevant environmental and data reporting laws and regulations. This means that you don't have to worry about whether your company is meeting its compliance requirements. Instead, you can count on us to fulfill your requirements through strict regulatory compliance and detailed record keeping. DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY eliminates your compliance risk.
Downstream Controls
DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY partners with leaders in the downstream recycling industry that have been audited and qualified by our rigorous standards. Our qualified partners process all electronic components in accordance with our strict contractual requirements, which in many cases exceed minimum regulatory statutes. We work only with ethical, EPA-compliant recycling partners, and regularly audit and closely monitor thier practices to ensure they meet all state and federal standards. DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY's partner standards are the strictest in the ITAD industry and include restrictions on the use of prison and child labor, U.S. government trade bans, and using recycled material in the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction.
Recycling: The Process
DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY provides superior, start-to-finish IT asset disposition services. Our industry-leading best practices and tightly controlled process covers everything from logistics and data security to the de-manufacturing and recycling of materials. Here is a high level overview of the process:
Schedule and Pick Up: This is the first step in our process where a pick up date and time is scheduled and picked up with one of our 26' box trucks or our 53' trailer. DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY will load your material and transport your assets to our facility dock.
Receiving: All of your assets are received, weighted and logged into our system. It is at this point that we label every pallet and establish a unique identifier that we use to track your assets throughout our entire process.
Product Sort: Every piece is weighed individually and logged into our system. This is where any and all asset tags are removed. We sort units by product type. All monitors are routed to the monitor area, all laptops go tothe laptop area, all printers go to the printer area, and so on. Segmenting these units by type creates efficiencies in our process which allow us to lower our total cost to you.
Tech Sort Line: There is a minimum requirement we have established for each product type and is based on teh level of value recovery potential. For example, a 12-inch monitor that is over 3 years old will fail and go directly to the End-Of-Life process. This is also true of a PC with a processor speed considered older then 4 years. But faster processors and newer/larger monitors would pass and go to the next step. This line changes as technology changes and is driven by the marketplace for pre-owned IT assets. DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY is happy to provide a copy of the Tech Cut Line to you on request.
Configuration / Data Wipe: This is where we document the specific configuration of the asset (ex. Dell Optiplex PC, Pentium 4 processor, 1G RAM, CD/DVD) and datawipe the hard drive using our DOD 5220.22-M compliant process. This process uses a certified drive-erasure program that is initiated by communicating with the hard drive through the BIOS. The drive is overwritten twice using ones and zeros, followed by a third pass using random characters.
Following Configuration / Data Wipe, there is anther pass/fail decision point. This is for units that may have a significant amount of missing or non functional parts (ex. RAM, CD) or are in very poor cosmetic condition.
Units that pass go directly to the Testing area. This is where the unit and all of its components are comprehensively tested to ensure they are suitable for remarketing, charitable donation, employee purchase, or internal redeployment. Units that need some level of repair may pass the Testing area. This is generally minor cosmetic repair or parts replacement. Units that are not cost-effective to repair go to the End-Of-Life process where there is a full dismantle and break down to its commodity.
All of this activity culminates in the Quality Check process. This is where a quality technician verifies that the unit is ready for sale or deployment.
DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY provides superior, start-to-finish IT asset disposition services. Our industry-leading best practices and tightly controlled process covers everything from logistics and data security to the de-manufacturing and recycling of materials. Here is a high level overview of the process:
Schedule and Pick Up: This is the first step in our process where a pick up date and time is scheduled and picked up with one of our 26' box trucks or our 53' trailer. DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY will load your material and transport your assets to our facility dock.
Receiving: All of your assets are received, weighted and logged into our system. It is at this point that we label every pallet and establish a unique identifier that we use to track your assets throughout our entire process.
Product Sort: Every piece is weighed individually and logged into our system. This is where any and all asset tags are removed. We sort units by product type. All monitors are routed to the monitor area, all laptops go tothe laptop area, all printers go to the printer area, and so on. Segmenting these units by type creates efficiencies in our process which allow us to lower our total cost to you.
Tech Sort Line: There is a minimum requirement we have established for each product type and is based on teh level of value recovery potential. For example, a 12-inch monitor that is over 3 years old will fail and go directly to the End-Of-Life process. This is also true of a PC with a processor speed considered older then 4 years. But faster processors and newer/larger monitors would pass and go to the next step. This line changes as technology changes and is driven by the marketplace for pre-owned IT assets. DIVERSIFIED ASSET RECOVERY is happy to provide a copy of the Tech Cut Line to you on request.
Configuration / Data Wipe: This is where we document the specific configuration of the asset (ex. Dell Optiplex PC, Pentium 4 processor, 1G RAM, CD/DVD) and datawipe the hard drive using our DOD 5220.22-M compliant process. This process uses a certified drive-erasure program that is initiated by communicating with the hard drive through the BIOS. The drive is overwritten twice using ones and zeros, followed by a third pass using random characters.
Following Configuration / Data Wipe, there is anther pass/fail decision point. This is for units that may have a significant amount of missing or non functional parts (ex. RAM, CD) or are in very poor cosmetic condition.
Units that pass go directly to the Testing area. This is where the unit and all of its components are comprehensively tested to ensure they are suitable for remarketing, charitable donation, employee purchase, or internal redeployment. Units that need some level of repair may pass the Testing area. This is generally minor cosmetic repair or parts replacement. Units that are not cost-effective to repair go to the End-Of-Life process where there is a full dismantle and break down to its commodity.
All of this activity culminates in the Quality Check process. This is where a quality technician verifies that the unit is ready for sale or deployment.
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Audio Equipment |
Industrial Machinery |
Power Cords |
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Integrated Circuits |
Power Supplies |
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Cables |
Keyboards |
Printed Circuit Boards |
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Cameras |
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Radio Equipment |
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Cardboard |
Laptops |
Resistors |
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Medical Equipment |
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Memory |
Security Equipment |
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Servers |
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Computer Accessories |
Mice |
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Computer Parts |
Microwave Ovens |
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Computers |
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Speakers |
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Copiers |
Monitors |
Steel |
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Switches |
Network Equipment |
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