Midwest Recycling Center

MRC Recycling, a R2/RIOS Certified recycler, provides to its clients electronics recycling services, Information Technology Asset Disposition, Medical and Lab Asset Disposition, and Data Destruction Services, with the goal of properly diverting electronic waste from the landfill while offering convenient solutions to the ongoing issues of identity theft and environmental liability.  We are registered with the EPA (EPA ID # MOR000538793), are Level 4 Registered by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MO ID # 043500), and hold  R2/RIOS Certification (C2012-02365). Annual inspections are completed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, third party audits are completed by Perry Johnson Registrars, Inc., and quarterly reports are submitted to the Missouri Solid Waste Management District with regards to our procedures, documentation, and end markets for materials.  The proper destruction of hard drives and the information contained on them is an essential service MRC offers. We have four different methods in which we are able to protect our clients’ valuable information. Depending on the requirements of each client, MRC is able to wipe hard drives with data sanitation software compliant with Department of Defense standards, destroy the information on site with portable equipment such as an industrial degausser, hydraulic hole punch, or by shredding with a mobile shred truck. All the tools utilized by MRC are made specifically for the purpose of protecting our clients sensitive data by destroying all of their stored personal information.  Every single hard drive is tracked by serial number. We test the hard drives that have been wiped, degaussed, and shredded internally with recovery software weekly. As an added level of assurance, we have a forensic IT lab test a sample of our wiped, degaussed, and shredded hard drives quarterly.  MRC follows the laws, guidelines, and Best Management Practices (BMPs) put forth by the EPA. We keep our clients from becoming a PRP (Potentially Responsible Party) of any electronic material as well as keep all material from falling into the category of hazardous waste by fully complying with the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Toxic Substance Control Act, Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. MRC does this by keeping all material in what the EPA and DNR consider a “Documented Recycling Loop.” We maintain and document electronic material from the transfer of ownership from your company to MRC and then to the end markets, preventing the electronic material from being considered “hazardous waste.” MRC is also compliant with E-verify law requirements.  MRC follows the mantra of Recycling, “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Based on the requirements of each client, MRC either demanufactures items down to a component level, or finds a home for the item to be reused. Since reuse is the most environmentally friendly form of recycling, we try to reuse items in the form of parts or as a working unit (as long as the client does not require the item be destroyed). Once all recycled material is broken down to a component level, such as steel, aluminum, plastic, lead, etc., it is shipped to an EPA and R2/RIOS approved facility to be shredded and separated further. The raw material is then melted or smelted and recycled back into a new product. Since MRC has a zero landfill policy, none of your material will end up in the landfill. We can provide documentation to show proper data destruction and/or recycling.