Electronics Recycling Overview

Electronics Recycling Overview

The U.S. electronics recycling industry has shown tremendous growth over the past ten years.  The electronics recycling industry is a maturing segment of the scrap recycling industry.  In 2011 the U.S. electronics recycling industry processed 4 million tons of used and end-of-life electronics equipment.  Greater than 70% of the collected equipment was processed into commodity grade electronic scrap (e.g. scrap steel, aluminum, copper, printed circuit boards, plastics and glass.  The scrap commodities are then sold to materials manufacturers in the U.S. and abroad as raw material feedstock for new products. 

Electronics recyclers such as Tech Reworks, Inc. also repair, refurbish and resell functioning electronics equipment as used products into domestics and international markets.  Tech Reworks and similar electronics recyclers provide a number services, such as collection and storage, asset management and scrubbing (data sanitation) of hard drives to remove sensitive personal and commercial data. 

The reuse of used electronic equipment and consumption of commodity grade electronic scrap recovered from electronics to manufacture new products boosts the U.S. economy, creates jobs and sustains the earth’s natural resources, conserves energy in the manufacturing process and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

For more information please visit the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc website. 

http://www.isri.org

http://www.techreworks.com

Tech Reworks

                217 North Main st, North Syracuse 13212   (315)214-4444   www.TechReworks.com

Tech Reworks provides convenient, environmentally sustainable electronics recycling and refurbishment solutions for household consumers, businesses, not-for profit organizations and regional municipalities. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees, our community and our environment.
At Tech Reworks our primary objective is to maximize the value and reuse potential of each obsolete electronic device.  Our goal is to recover 98% of the obsolete electronics received and processed at our facility through a mix of refurbishment and recycling services.  In addition, Tech Reworks offers a wide range of services that include computer, cell phone and gaming console repair, web design, web hosting and virus/spyware removal to name few.