TechWaste Recycling Expands Services to Secure Product Destruction

TechWaste Recycling, an industry leader in electronic recycling and e-waste disposal, has launched a new service line that provides companies with certified and secure product destruction and brand protection. The world of electronics recycling and data destruction goes far beyond certifying correct disposals of monitors and smashing hard-drives. Everything in today's world has a cord or a battery and virtually all consumer products have some form of electronics or packaging that is part of the product.

"If it has a cord or a battery, at some point, that product will need to be responsibly recycled," says TechWaste CEO, Richard Steffens. But beyond electronics recycling, companies often need full product destruction and this is where TechWaste's newly launched service shines.

Consumer protection, litigation, and brand reputation collectively being at all-time highs, present businesses and agencies with the need to protect themselves and their customers from faulty, counterfeit, expired, recalled, or otherwise unusable products. Only total product destruction can assure that returned, discontinued, or unwanted products will not return the marketplace.

TechWaste Recycling's Certified & Secure Product Destruction service ensures brand and business names are protected at all times by providing complete product destruction. Even as a product has been discontinued, it could reach a secondary resell black market and still to the consumer represent the brand.

Depending on your product destruction requirements, TechWaste can utilize a variety of destruction processes, including shredding, crushing, and manual destruction, to achieve desired results. TechWaste Recycling's product destruction methods allow for a high volume of products to be destroyed in minimal times, enabling us to handle any large project type requiring the demanufacturing of products.

With comprehensive product tracking, certifications to match your needs, and convenient free pickups, your product, and your reputation, is secure with TechWaste Recycling. TechWaste is fully certified to destroy products and equipment and meet mandates and laws set forth by HIPAA, DOD, CPSC, and NSA. TechWaste handles all of the logistics to ensure the safe and complete disposal of your products or equipment.

TechWaste Recycling guarantees proper disposal and liquidation by following all the rules and regulations set forth by the federal, state, local and Environmental Protection Agencies.  All it takes is a call and they will do the rest for you. The legal framework, collection system, logistics and other services are all taken care of. Business clients need not worry about improper disposal, hefty fines and penalties because TechWaste Recycling never lets that happen.

Destroying products with TechWaste Recycling's certified product destruction provides the protection of company liability, brand image, and/or proprietary information.

TechWaste Recycling directly services all of Southern California and provides pickup services to its facilities from nationwide locations. Visit TechWaste Recycling's website at http://ift.tt/2zCjx4o to schedule a pickup that works for your convenience and schedule.

Read more about Secure Product Destruction here: http://ift.tt/2zBYChP

Contact Info:Richard Steffens
1940 E. Occidental street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phone: 866-637-8469

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10 Facts About E-Waste Recycling

Gradually, the world is becoming more and more enlightened about the importance of e-waste recycling. But, despite this revolutionary growth, many CTOs and IT department heads are still unaware of a lot of facts regarding the issue.

As we learn more about the e-waste issue, our hope is to reverse the trends so industries worldwide can practice more responsible methods of e-waste disposal. And, with the New Year closing in, now is the perfect time to pass along some of the hidden facts about today’s e-waste problems.

1 – E-Waste Recycling Saves Energy

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, recycling 1 million laptops can save the energy equivalent to the electricity used by more than 3,600 U.S. homes over the course of an entire year.

2 – Recycling E-Waste Reduces Emissions

When desktop computers wind up in landfills, they ultimately release greenhouse gasses that can hurt the environment. But, by recycling 1 million desktop computers, the release of greenhouse gases equivalent to the annual emissions of 16,000 passenger cars can be prevented.

3 – More Energy is Used in Creating a Computer Than in Using It

Believe it or not, 81% of the energy used by a computer over the course of its lifespan is used in the creation of the device, not in the actual usage of it. Simply reusing still-operational computers can help reduce this energy waste.

4 – Incinerating E-Waste Forces Toxic Chemicals Into the Air

When computers and other electronic devices enter our landfills, they eventually find their way into industrial incinerators. Unfortunately, when these devices are incinerated, they release highly toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. And, between 80% and 85% of all discarded electronics get incinerated every year.

5 – E-Waste Accounts for More Than 70% of All Toxic Waste

Even though e-waste accounts for only 2% of the trash in our nation’s landfills, it is responsible for more than 70% of the toxic waste. By recycling these devices responsibly, that toxic waste can be kept out of the landfills and out of the environment.

6 – More Than $60 Million in Gold and Silver are Thrown Out Every Year
Today’s smartphones, tablets, and other electronic devices have certain components that are made out of gold and/or silver. Every year, more than $60 million in gold and silver finds its way to the landfills just from Americans tossing out their old devices. In fact, simply by recycling 1 million cell phones, 35,274 lbs. of copper, 772 lbs. of silver, 75 lbs. of gold, and 33 lbs. of palladium can be recovered.

7 – Toxins From Un-Recycled Technology Can Cause Severe Health Problems

Electronics contain high levels of lead. When such equipment is thrown out in the trash, the lead can enter our waterways and should it be consumed, it can cause damage to the central and peripheral nervous systems, the blood, and the kidneys.

8 – E-Waste Disposal Continues to Rise

According to the EPA, e-waste is the fastest growing municipal waste stream in the United States.

9 – All Electronics Pose Hazards to the Environment

Although computers and laptops are among the most common devices targeted when talking about e-waste problems, the truth is that all electronics pose hazards if they aren’t disposed of properly. This includes televisions, DVD players, portable music players, telephony systems, monitors, and more.

10 – A Large Percentage of E-Waste Isn’t E-Waste at All

Much of what is thrown out these days isn’t even e-waste at all. Many pieces of technology are still operational and therefore, completely marketable for re-use.
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Liquid Technology is a certified e-waste recycler and we can help you resolve your surplus IT concerns. We are an e-Stewards Enterprise and R2-certified, and all of our downstream partners are also e-Stewards-certified. We have the resources and experience necessary to ensure proper handling, de-manufacturing, and recycling of your e-waste.

This story is taken from: 10 Facts About E-Waste Recycling