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