Recycle Drives & Fundraisers
ALC Recycling LLC
www.alcrecycling.net
(540)335-2040
Who Is ALC Recycling LLC?
After Lifecycle (ALC) Recycling started as a vintage-computer refurbishing hobby. Today it operates as an
online technology dealer, specializing in used and refurbished computer parts as well as an aggregator for
e-waste recycling. Computers are dissembled and parted for resell. Any unsellable items are sent to
recycling centers that specialize in metallic recovery. Most circuit board items are sent to an R2 certified
company in the Midwest or to a local e-waste recycler. Other items, such as LCD monitors that cannot be
fixed, are recycled through Dell-Connect programs. The only items that we currently do not have access to
recycle is plastics types 3-7. All other items are resold, reused or donated through our community donation
program.
Personal Information:
ALC Recycling is very concerned about others personal information. All hard drives are wiped using a
professional wiping software using the DoD 5220.22-M data sanitization 3-wipe pass method. We use an
external Drive eRazers Ultra docking station to run our wipes. After the wipe is completed, we take a
picture of the hard drive connected to the docking station reading ‘verify complete’. These pictures can be
provided if the customer asked for a certificate of destruction at the time of drop off. When recycling cell
phones our goal is first to pull any SIM cards and reset/erase the data back to factory settings. Once
completed, the phone is tested for resell or sold as parts. If the phones’ data cannot be erased due to damage
or being locked, the phone is sent to an R2 recycling center to be recycled. If hard drives are unreadable by
our wipe software, the platter will be removed and rendered unreadable via a grinder (if requested) or the
whole unit will be sent to an R2 certified recycler
About The Owner:
Jeremiah Dyke is a native of Shenandoah Valley where he resides today with his wife and two beautiful
sons. In addition to ALC Recycling, Jeremiah is an Adjunct Math Professor at LFCC and author of the
children’s math book “Journey Through The World of Numbers”. Contact him at
jeremiahdyke@gmail.com or 540-335-2040.
What Is A Recycle Drive?
A recycle drive is a fundraising event aimed to collect computers and electronics from the local
community. After a date is agreed upon, ALC Recycling will set up a booth for consumers to bring in their
old, broken, unwanted computers and electronics at your destination of choice. All collections will be
hauled to our facility in Strasburg where they will be responsibly recycled.
How Does It Work?
There are three ways to do a recycle drive through ALC.
1) If the nonprofit believes they have a great deal support through their community we can designate
a time frame to have your community members bring their old computer and electronics to your
location. ALC will have their trucks and staff on hand for collections that day.
2) If the non profit does not believe their members would make such a turn out we can designate a
drop off area for their supporters to bring in computers and electronics. The nonprofit will be
responsible for storing these items and making sure to not allow uncollectable items. This has
worked out very well in the past.
3) The best method is to do a combination of both. Have a designated recycle day event and allow
those supporter who can’t make it to drop off their items early.
Again, ALC cannot stress enough that items collected at drop off locations are not available to staff
members to pick and choose from. These items often have personal information within them that ALC
destroys or erases. Having staff members pick out items they would like to have from the drop off locations
creates a chain of liability for both organizations. Also, members will often unknowingly drop off items
such as TVs and CRT monitors, as well as other items, that ALC does not recycle or charges to recycle. In
such an event, the organization will be responsible for disposing said items or must be willing to pay ALC
recycling fees.
How Does Your Organization Get Paid?
Your non-profit organization will promote the event through your local networks to consumers and small
businesses, ALC Recycling does the rest. After the material is collected and hauled back to our facility it
will be sorted and weighed. The non-profit should receive their first pay check within 7-10 business days
for the “scrap value” of the goods collected. This normally ranges between $350--$950 depending on how
well the event is marketed and the turn-out. After which the non-profit will receive two residual checks for
10% of the total amount sold, for those items that are resalable. Normally between $150-$500.
Information About Items Received
What Does ALC Recycling Do With All Collected Materials?
Our goal is to find a new home for all items we collect. Be it through reselling, refurbishing or donation.
However, some items have reached the end of their life cycle and must be recycled. Through a tedious
process of sorting, parting and testing, we try to remove any circuit board or metallic item from the items
collected. The metallic items are recycled through local scrap yards in the form of steel, aluminum, copper
and brass. The circuit boards are shipped to an R2 certified e-waste recycler in Mentor, OH. What’s
normally left at this point is ABS plastic. This is the only material we currently do not have an outlet to
recycle. We have petitioned Warren County to offer recycling for plastic types 3-9 but as of this writing it
only offers recycling for plastic types 1-2. For details on our recycling practices see below
Other items that contain harmful chemicals, such as CRT TV’s and Monitors or LCD TV’s & monitors are
not accepted during recycle drives. These items should be taken to Best Buy or Staples to take advantage of
their Dell Reconnect Recycling Offers.
Though far from a perfect process, the goal is always to do our best to responsibly recycle the items
collected; items that would otherwise been buried in a landfills.
Detailed Recycling Practices
*As always, if you have any suggestions we would love to hear them**
Servers/Desktops/Networking Equipment., Laptops
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Items are tested for working parts
Items are de-manufactured
Working parts, with resalable value are inventoried for resell
Nonworking circuit boards are boxed to be sent to an R2 certified e-waste recycler in Mentor, OH
5) Metallic Item such as casing, screws, heat sinks are boxed to be recycled at local scrap yard
6) All Li Ion and NiMH batteries will be sent to R2 certified e-waste recycler in Mentor, OH
7) Hard Drives are pulled and boxed to be wiped or physically destroyed. Wiping of hard drives
consists of using the DoD 5220.22-M data sanitization 3-wipe pass method. We use an external
Drive eRazers Ultra docking station to run our wipes. After the wipe is completed, we take a
picture of the hard drive connected to the docking station reading verify complete. These pictures
can be provided if the customer asked for a certificate of destruction at the time of drop off.
8) Plastic waste will be discarded until appropriate ABS recycling is offered by our county
Printers:
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Item is tested for working parts
Ink & Toner Cartridges & any Hard Drives are removed
Toner will be recycled through Staples or other Ink recyclers
Working Items are sold in whole units or in parts
Plastic waste will be discarded until appropriate ABS recycling is offered by our county.
Remaining parts or nonworking printers are sent to local scrap yard for sorting and
shredding. When the action is time appropriate, the circuit boards are sent to an R2 certified
e-waste recycler in Mentor, OH.
7) Hard Drives (usually only found in large LaserJet printers) are pulled and boxed to be
wiped or physically destroyed. Wiping of hard drives consists of using the DoD 5220.22-M
data sanitization 3-wipe pass method. We use an external Drive eRazers Ultra docking
station to run our wipes. After the wipe is completed, we take a picture of the hard drive
connected to the docking station reading verify complete. These pictures can be provided if
the customer asked for a certificate of destruction at the time of drop off.
Cell Phones:
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Information is deleted and phone is reset to factory defaults.
The phone is tested to be working properly
The phone’s ESN number is checked to be stolen or reported lost.
The phone is resold
Nonworking phones and cell phone batteries, or phones that cannot be unlocked/reset will be sent
to an R2 certified e-waste recycler in Mentor, OH
Universal Power Supplies:
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Items are tested for working parts
Items are de-manufactured
Working parts, with resalable value are inventoried for resell
Nonworking Lead Acid batteries or transformers will be recycled thought local scrap yards
Nonworking circuit boards are boxed to be sent to an R2 certified e-waste recycler in Mentor, OH
Working units may be sold in parts or as a whole unit
LCD Monitors & TVs:
1) Item is tested
2) Working items may be sold in whole units, parts out for resale or donated to local nonprofits.
3) Nonworking units may be refurbished or recycled though Dell reconnect programs, Staples or
Best Buy
CRT Monitors:
1) ALC recycling charges per unit for CRT monitors.
2) Nonworking CRT monitors are recycled through Dell reconnect programs, Staples or Best Buy.
3) Working CRT monitors may be sold as a whole unit or donated.
Consumer Electronics:
1) Items are tested
2) Working items may be sold as whole units
3) Nonworking items or items with no value will be de-manufactured for recycling
4) Plastic waste will be discarded until appropriate ABS recycling is offered by our county.
5) Remaining parts or nonworking items are sent to local scrap yard for sorting and shredding.
When the action is time appropriate (an example of an inefficient use of time would be the demanufacturing of a tiny portable CD player), the circuit boards are sent to an R2 certified e-waste
recycler in Mentor, OH.