E-Waste Recycling and Ethical Recycling

As our digital age starts to age we are seeing a complete turnover of electronic equipment at a pace that is astounding. We get asked regularly about recycling computer and equipment. To date we have found a few companies that offer that service but you never know what is happening once they take it from you.

After doing some reading and watching this episode from 60 Minutes you start to ask yourself do I know for sure our recycling was done properly or was it sent to some other country like China where the people doing the work are being exposed to hazardous things because the money is good for them??

Most E-Recyclers will charge a small fee to take your electronics but isn't that worth it to know your waste was handled properly and all the metals & plastics recycled while the hazardous chemicals are dealt with properly.

The Basel Convention was formed to stop industrialized countries from dumping their toxic waste on 3rd world countries.

The website www.ban.org is to create awareness and keep a list of certified e-recyclers who have passed requirements of how they treat the waste.

While most of these charge a few to drop off equipment, the fee is normally small and worth the price to know we are not polluting impoverished nations to satisfy our lust for new electronics.

Our local Utah recycler is Guaranteed Recycling Xperts (GRX) and their Utah location is in Clearfield at the Freeport Center. Here is their contact info and I hope we will all start to use these certified companies and ask other recycling companies to get certified.

GRX - Salt Lake City
Eric Anderson
Freeport Center
P.O. Box 160127
Building E 16
Clearfield, UT 84016
Phone: (801) 386-2533