eWaste Processors
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Computer Recyclers (Processing and Reclamation) Rank Last Year’s Rank Company name (contact info) 1 * Green Disk Services 46398 NE 85th St. #100 Redmond, WA 98052 800-305-3475 425-883-9165 www.greendisk.com in Oregon and Washington Processors, Collector (Broker) Number of Employees Collector (Broker) WND All forms of electronic media: 3 ½ Diskettes CDS Inkjet cartridges Laser cartridges Cell phones PDAs Videos Rechargeable batteries Digital Cameras 23 All computer and electronic waste Sales/Marketing and corporate office is in Sammamish Certified by the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission. Creates products out of recycled materials, such as soft-shell CD cases. Columbia, Missouri (Alternative Community Training) ACT – disabled adults Processing Remanufacturing Recycling 1 1 Quantum Resources 10750 SW Denney Rd. Beaverton, OR 97008 503-646-2427 www.quantumresource.com Provides intellectual property security. Certificate of destruction available upon request. You must ship materials to their processor. Collector (brokers) Collects, dismantles and sorts. Sends parts internationally. Materials Recycled Total tonnage of E-Waste processed and/or collected annually ~2,500 tons Number of Locations ~2,500 tons/year 1 Beaverton 1 Sammamish 3 3 Total Reclaim 2200 6th Ave. South Seattle, WA 98134 206-343-7443 Processor Recycle, sell, sort and send to other markets (i.e. scrap markets, metal refineries and other metal buyers) 42 All computer CPUs Computer Peripherals (printers, scanners, keyboards and mice) Consumer electronics Copiers and fax machines Laptop computers Monitors and televisions Power cables/connectors Power supply units Printed circuit boards and computer cards Telephones and batteries ~2,250 tons/year 8 All computer and electronic waste ~2,000 tons/year 1 Cornelius 50 Ink-jet cartridges Laser cartridges Fax cartridges Cell phones ~1,470 tons (last year: ~498 tons/year) 1 Kent Only non-recyclable, non-hazardous materials are sent to a municipal solid waste landfill. Shredding operation, only one in the northwest. Partner with World Computer Exchange (www.worldcomputerexchange.org), a non-profit sending technologies to the third world for reuse. 4 5 4 5 Computer Drive Connection PO Box 412 Cornelius, OR 503-992-0180 Fax: 503-992-0179 Ecco Recycles 1621 Central Ave. S., Suite 32 Kent, WA 98032 253-813-9736 Collector (broker) Dismantle, reuse/resell what they can, store remainder until they can send out to recycling facilities. -Would not disclose names of facilities. Collector Collect printer cartridges and send out to be remanufactured; also sell the remanufactured cartridges. Collects cell-phones as well. Parts sent out to a company they 2 Seattle 60,000 monitors own in Erie, Pennsylvania for remanufacturing 6 -- Technology Conservation Group, Inc. 6125 N. Basin Ave. Suite A Portland, OR 97217 503-735-1102 Fax: 503-735-1126 www.wanttcg.com ISO14001 Processor, collector, asset recovery 100+ Most types of electronics, scrap metals, circuit boards, precious metal bearing scrap, networking equipment, cell phones, PC's, hard drives, etc. No white goods (refrigerators, stoves). Can handle consumer waste, but mostly deals with businesses. 697* tons 4 All electronics (anything with an electrical cord) 540 tons/year 1 Portland 180 All Computer/electronic waste ~250 tons/year 5 Washougal Tacoma Kent Seattle Spokane 3 staff, Volunteers: All computer CPUs Computer ~228 tons/year total 1 Eugene PCs, sort, decommission, deconstruct old computer; usable computers: resold. Wholesaled to eBay. Torn down to commodity level, sent to local refineries, no e-waste goes overseas. 7 -- 8 8 9 -- Electronics Recycling Company 100 SE Alder Portland, OR 97214 PO Box 14934 Portland, OR 97293 503-232-2500 www.electronics-recycling.com Philip Services Corporation (Burlington Environmental, Inc.) 18000 72nd Ave Suite 217 Kent, WA 98032 800-547-2436 www.philipnow.com Computer Reuse and Recycling Center, Home of MacRenewal Monitors torn down within the US. Asset recovery: recover defective PCBs, resell working chips, PCBs processed to get gold. Collector Collects materials and sends to Phillipines and Hong Kong to be processed Collector (broker) Brokers out to 2 firms. -Destruction facility -De-manufacturer that breaks ewaste into commodity parts. Sends to: -Micro metalics -NextCycle -Total Reclaim Collector, dismantler, reseller. 1 Portland *Companywide aggregation of 6 N. American locations (Mexico, US). (Mexico is a collection site). 10 11 6 -- 222 Polk Eugene, OR 97401 Thrift Store: 1328 West 2nd Street Eugene, OR 97402 541-686-2366 Fax: 541-686-0577 www.macrenewal.org www.lanecrrc.org Collects and dismantles computers, refurbishes and resells computers. Recycles scrap material by sending to recycling companies. Free Geek 1731 SE 10th Ave. Portland, OR 503-232-9350 www.freegeek.org Collector (Broker) Repair/reuse what they can; sends unusable parts to local recycling facilities Monitors and More Roseburg, OR 541-673-3347 www.monitorsandmore.org 120 Non-profit: takes e-waste that Goodwill and St. Vincent DePaul will no longer take Sent to: -Metro Metals NW -Quantum Resources -Hallmark Refining Corp. -Total Reclaim -Battery Exchange Collector, dismantler, reseller Collects and dismantles computers, refurbishes and resells computers. Recycles scrap material by sending 17 paid staff -- up to 200 volunteers 6 staff, 1220 volunteers peripherals (printers, scanners, keyboards and mice) Consumer electronics Copiers and fax machines Laptop computers Mainframe computers Monitors and terminals Power cables/connectors Power supply units Printed circuit boards and computer cards Telephones Cell phones All computer and electronic waste 500-1,200 computers reused and placed for free in community annually ~180 tons/year collected 1 Portland ~93 tons/year reused or recycled Monitors Computers Cell phones Computer peripherals ~75 tons (9 months of operation) 1 Roseburg to recycling companies. 12 13 14 10 -- 13 Tonerinx Inc. 24023 NE Shea Lane, Suite 108 Wood Village, OR 97060 503-669-3439 Non-profit organization Collector (broker) Brokers out to 3 out of state remanufacturing facilities. Oregon Computer Recycling, Inc. Warrenton, OR 888-275-2440 503.861.7224 info@oregoncomputerrecycling.com www.oregoncomputerrecycling.com Processor / Collector PC Salvage, LLC 3627 South 54th St. Tacoma, WA 98409 1-866-341-8003 253-460-8322 Fax: 253-460-8322 www.pcsalvagellc.com pcsalvage@qwest.net Collector (Broker); Partial metals/plastic processing Mark Bracking 1-866-341-8003 5 -Plastics may be going overseas (in bail) 62 tons 1 Portland 110,000 Laser cartridges recycled 4 All CPUs Printers and scanners Keyboards and mice Copiers and fax machines Laptop computers Main frame computers Internal components such as boards and cards 8 All computer electronic waste, Fluorescent lamps Household appliances Home electronics Plastics Ferrous and nonferrous metals Cardboard Paper Systems are dismantled onsite; sent to other companies for recycling. -Process into piles of specific metals – piles sent to Joseph Simon and Sons for further processing Ink-jet cartridges Laser cartridges 60,000 Inkjet cartridges recycled ~40 ~24 tons collected ~21.5 tons processed 2 Portland Warrenton 1 Tacoma 15 * 12 * Sterling Laser Inc 893 Industry Dr Tukwila, WA 98188-3411 206-575-1411 Chris Nielsen, Owner Metro Metals NW, Inc. 5611 NE Columbia Blvd Portland, Oregon 97218 503-287-8861 Steve Zusman * * RE-PC 1565 6th Ave. South Seattle, WA 98134 206-623-9151 510 Andover Park, West Tukwila, WA 98188 206-575-8737 Web: www.repc.com e-mail: repc@repc.com * * Mark Dabek Earth Protection Services, Inc. 7272 SW Durham suite 100 Tigard, OR 97224 Collects and remanufactures 4 Directly sells and sends to local companies who sell parts. Processor ~150 Collects and processes metal for scrap and destruction. Shredded, boxed and/or bailed and sent to domestic and international mills and smelters. Collector (Broker) Encourages re-use of e-waste by collecting, buying, repairing, and reselling discarded components; Sends unusable parts to processing facilities: 23 Books Inkjet cartridges Laser cartridges Toner cartridges ~15 tons/year 1 Tukwila Computer metal and plastic Hardrives Anodized aluminum wire and power supplies CD drives Floppy drives Tape drives Fans Speakers Printers Fax machines Mice All computer/electronic waste N/A 3 Kelso Vancouver Portland Process: Any lighting except neon, including N/A Unable to separate ewaste from other collected materials. N/A Weight not recorded from daily drop-offs. 2 Seattle Southcenter -Hallmark Refining Corp. -Total Reclaim -Bloch Steel Collector (Broker), Recycler E-waste sent to: -Metro Metals 10 Unable to 1 Tigard 503-620-2466 www.earthpro.com -Hallmark -Others not in NW PCB and non-PCB contaminated ballasts (recovers PCBs). Demanufacturing of CRT monitors, computers and peripherals, then sent to Metro for shredding and separation. In-house processing of electronics, CRTs, no export of either, lamps/ballast. * * Hallmark Refining Corp. 1743 Cedardale Rd. Mt. Vernon, WA 98273 800-255-1895 WND = Would not disclose N/A = not available SOURCES: respective companies, EPA RESEARCHER: Cedric Justice Processor Secondary refiner of precious metals WND Broker: Batteries Computer monitors and components including peripherals Precious Metals Circuit Boards PCI cards AGP cards ISA cards RAM Processors separate ewaste from other collected materials. WND 2 Portland
