Virgin Valley Recycling

cares about the world that we live in and is driven to help safeguard the environment by keeping electronic waste from reaching our landfills. By using responsible recycling habits you can help us achieve that goal. Virgin Valley Recycling practices safe and efficient recycling. Our goal is to reuse and extend the life of as many items as possible and to provide an acceptable alternative to e-waste in our landfills. Any items that cannot be reused will be de-manufactured and recycled back into the raw material stream. Data Security is also a serious issue that concerns us so we offer data sanitization or destruction services. All hard drives to be sanitized are wiped with Department of Defense (DOD) standards. Give us a call today (435-705-8827) to schedule a pick up of your working or non-working electronics. Most pick-ups and items are free! (See our services tab for fee items)

• Computers, Laptops, Servers, Routers, Hubs and Networking Devices
• Cell phones, Telephones, PDA's, Hand held devices and Communication Equipment
• Printers, Fax, Scanners, Cameras, VCR's and DVD players
• LCD monitors
• Stereos and Audio components
• Video Game systems
• All electronic peripherals, wires, cables, Keyboards, mice, etc.
• Solar and Wind energy components
• If it takes a power cord or batteries we just might take it!
• If in doubt contact us (435-705-8827)

Why Recycle?       

Thinking about throwing that old computer, cell phone or electronic component in the trash? Think again! Computers and electronics contain toxic materials that are harmful to our environment. Electronic or 'e-waste' is one of the fastest growing problems in landfills. By calling Virgin Valley Recycling we can help you recycle responsibly. We assure that none of your discarded electronics ends up in a landfill. We are committed to the mission of finding a suitable alternative for the equipment we collect which in turn helps the environment and our community. Call Virgin Valley Recycling today at 435-705-8827 and do your part for our planet!

What are the social benefits to recycling?
If the cell phone or computer and its accessories are in good working condition, Virgin Valley Recycling uses the proceeds of their programs to benefit local and national charitable organizations. Virgin Valley Recycling works with businesses, schools and other organizations to collect electronics as fund raising ventures. The principal markets for refurbished cell phones and life extended computers extend beyond the US.

What are the environmental benefits of reusing and recycling e-waste?
Electronic products are made from valuable resources and highly engineered materials, including metals, plastics, and glass, all of which require energy to mine and manufacture them. Reusing and recycling consumer electronics conserves our natural resources and avoids air and water pollution, as well as greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by manufacturing virgin materials.

Recycling your cell phone helps protect the environment in a number of ways. Cell phones are made from valuable resources such as precious metals, copper, and plastics -all of which require energy to mine and process. Recovering these materials by recycling avoids the need to mine and process new materials, which in turn, conserves our natural resources, and avoids air and water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. For example, we would save the energy equivalent to the electricity used by more than 24,000 US homes in a year.

Cell phones have a number of different metals in them which can be recycled. For every million cell phones we recycle, 35,274 pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold, and 33 pounds of palladium can be recovered. Recovering metals from used cell phones can reduce extraction of raw metals from the earth. 

Services

We encourage electronics recycling to residents! Items below are FREE to recycle unless a fee is listed. Fees are sometimes necessary to cover the labor and other costs associated with responsible recycling of leaded glass and other toxic materials that reside in electronic equipment. It is estimated that up to 80% of the United States e-waste ends up being illegally shipped to third world countries where it creates health and environmental issues. Virgin Valley Recycling's mission is to be a responsible steward of this waste. By reusing, or the labor intensive act of de-manufacturing, Virgin Valley flows all materials collected back into the useful stream and keeps toxic materials out of landfills ensuring most of the material it handles is responsibly recycled upholding environmental standards.

Drop off your electronics at our facility (166 E. 300 N. Hurricane Utah, 84737 ) or take advantage or our free commercial pick-up service within St. George, Cedar City, Hurricane, LaVerkin and Kanab metropolitan areas. All other remote areas call us for an estimate we aim to take care of Southern Utah and we will work with you.