Friendly Earth

Recycle Your Electronics Free with Friendly Earth

Friendly Earth provides free electronics recycling for Seattle and the greater King County area. We partner with leading nonprofit organizations, schools, and other businesses to dispose of electronic waste (e-Waste) responsibly.Friendly Earth will NEVER EXPORT into THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES (like China, India, Africa, etc.) or DISPOSE (landfills, incinerators) of electronics that have been collected through our organization. As an organization pursuing our E-Stewards Certification, it is against E-Steward bylaws and Friendly Earth’s ethical and moral standards to ever ship any thing out of the country or into landfills.

Why Friendly Earth?

We are a rapidly growing organization dedicated to making our planet safer and more Eco-friendly. That means we want to make it as easy and painless as possible for you to help do your part by recycling your unused electronics. And we specifically service the Seattle and greater King county areas, making it convenient for you to recycle.

Why Recycle E-Waste?

There are so many reasons to recycle your old electronics.

• Waste materials are recycled 100%.
• Keep electronics out of landfills.
• Keep hazardous materials and chemicals out of our environment & drinking water.
• Recycling responsibly ensures e-waste is not compromised and shipped to third world countries.
• Your donations are tax-deductible.
• Protect your data! (ALL DATA IS DESTROYED WITH DOD CERTIFIED EQUIPMENT)

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

The purpose of being an electronic recycler is to reduce the effects of electronic waste on the environment by being committed in seeking alternate ways to recycle, refurbish and reuse electronics intended for disposal. Our operations are also intended to promote continual improvement within our health and safety, data security, and social accountability management systems, and other requirements specified in the e-Stewards Standard. This applies to the electronics equipment, property and assets under Friendly Earth’s ownership, as well as employees, contract workers, volunteers and interns. To further demonstrate the e-Steward Standard within the scope of our operations, we provide verifiable and operational framework with specific performance requirements to:

• Protect Customer Data and privacy

• Protect occupational health and safety, and communities surrounding facilities,

• Prevent pollution, reduce environmental impacts, and facilitate efficient use of resources,

• Ensure fair labor practices, specifically excluding forced and child labor, and prison operations for managing hazardous e-waste,

• Require proper disposal of hazardous e-waste, specifically limiting it from solid waste disposal,

• Operate in conformity with international laws, treaties, and agreements throughout the Recycling Chain- in essence, preventing toxic waste exports from developed to developing counties, and

• Ensure that the above criteria are extended downstream of the e-Stewards Recycler.