Central Appliance Recyclers

Central Appliance Recyclers is a company dedicated to the environmentally responsible recycling of your unwanted appliances, computers, and electronics. We are a family run business located in St. Cloud, Minnesota that has remained a trusted recycler in Central Minnesota for nearly 3 decades. Our knowledgeable and friendly customer service that some may consider 'old fashioned' is what makes us stand out. We are committed to exceeding your expectations because that is what you deserve.

We have remained a local and family run buisness since we opened in 1991. Beginning as a 1-man operation doing buisness out of a small store front in downtown Sauk Rapids, MN, Central Appliance Recyclers now owns and operates a 15,000 sq/ft recycling facility. Through out the years we have tried to stay true to the family and hometown values that got us here.

All of our recycling processes are designed to meet or exceed any and all goverment regulations and minimize our impact on the enviroment.

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Central Appliance Recyclers is a company dedicated to the environmentally responsible recycling of your unwanted appliances, computers, and electronics. We are a family run business located in St. Cloud, Minnesota that has remained a trusted recycler in Central Minnesota for nearly 3 decades. Our knowledgeable and friendly customer service that some may consider 'old fashioned' is what makes us stand out. We are committed to exceeding your expectations because that is what you deserve.

Recycling

Recycling is the process of taking something we no longer find useful and turning it into something new. It is also a very simple way for you to make a difference in protecting our environment and conserving valuable natural resources. A large majority of the appliances, electronics, and other things we use everyday are made up of materials that are easily recovered and reused to manufacture the products we will purchase and use tomorrow. Recycling also requires a great deal less energy than extracting raw materials from the environment. Ready? Let’s get started!

Appliance Recycling

Appliance recycling is where we began nearly 25 years ago. Since then we have expanded to include many other services, but still take pride in being one of central Minnesota’s most experienced appliance recycler. In an effort to clean up the environment and conserve space in landfills Minnesota law requires all major appliances to be recycled. Hazardous materials or components within major appliances must be removed and properly recycled or disposed of before the appliance is scrapped. The metal portions of major appliances must be recycled or reused.

When processing appliances, the wastes generated may be recyclable metals, industrial solid waste, electronic waste, hazardous waste or a subset of hazardous waste known as universal waste. Recycling is the most responsible and legal way to dispose of your unwanted appliances. It also helps preserve our natural resources and saves energy.

Electronic Recycling

Every year in the U.S. millions of computers, laptops, televisions, fax machines, and other electronic devices become obsolete. Accelerated advances in technology and an ever-increasing demand for new and better features has severely decreased the life expectancy of most electronic devices. The result is a growing challenge for people, businesses, and local government to find a way to properly dispose of their e-waste.Precious metals, steel, and plastics are some of the materials used to make electronic devices that can be recycled. These materials can be separated, refined, and then reused to make the latest and greatest electronics we use today. Reusing these materials also conserves our natural resources as well as reducing the energy cost of producing new products. However, many hazardous materials like lead, chromium, cadmium, mercury, beryllium, nickel, and, zinc are used to make your favorite electronic device. If placed in a landfill, these materials can contaminate the soil and local water supplies and lead to severe health problems.

 Data Protection 

All data that enters our facility is either physically destroyed or sanitized to eliminate all data. If the unit containing the data is designated for resale, it’s tested and cleared using our state of the art software that exceeds NIST 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitation and the Department of Defense standard 5220.22-M for overwriting confidential data. Not only does this software meet D.o.D standards, but it’s also compliant with HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, GLB, FACTA standards.

Central Appliance Recyclers ensures that all your data is properly handled from the moment it leaves your possession. Central Appliance Recyclers handles all computer hard drives in a secure facility, equipped with state of the art 24/7 video surveillance equipment and sanitizes or destroys all hard drives according to customer specifications/requirements.

At Central Appliance Recyclers we realize the importance of your IT assets and confidential data maintained within each device. We proactively take every step to secure your data. We always look to mitigate any potential data breach and we can customize our services to your organization’s needs. Since our company’s inception, we’ve never had a data security breach because of the extensive measures we take to protect our customers’ confidential data.

Some advantages of Data Protection include:

• Modern secure facility
• Video surveillance cameras recording 24/7
• Secure transportation
• Top level security system with remote monitoring
• Removal of all identification and asset tags for all resale items
• Cost effective physical destruction available