Elemental, Inc

Fully licensed and permitted by the PA Department of Environmental Protection and the US Environmental Protection Agency.Elemental offers an alternative to landfill disposal and insures that all materials received are processed and recycled, destroyed or displaced in an environmentally correct manner that is in accordance with all local, state and federal regulations.Technological advances are creating an excess of surplus computers , threatening to overflow our landfills. Elemental recycles all E-waste, giving further use to products and materials that would otherwise go to waste. Applying extensive and experienced labor, we recycle the electronics that come through our facility carefully and responsibly. No reusable product or material is wasted. From chip recovery to recycling circuit boards, information security to data destruction, Elemental applies the most advanced methods available for PC recycling and ecycling to insure maximum utilization and customer satisfaction.

Elemental serves both the business and residential communities in the tri-state area, encouraging community drop-off as well as offering full service removal and recycling to the business community. From packing and removing equipment from your location through transport and recycling at our location, Elemental is committed to superior customer service.Elemental is a Partner in the EPA's Region III eCycle Program. http://www.epa.gov recently recognized and honored by Christie Whitman. http://www.recyclingtoday.com.Elemental offers an alternative to landfill disposal and insures that all materials received are processed and recycled, destroyed or displaced in an environmentally correct manner that is in accordance with all local, state and federal regulations.We are a woman owned, Subchapter-S Corporation, with an 18,000 square foot recycling facility in the northeast section of Philadelphia. Elemental, Inc. has been recycling computers since 1996, annually processing over 5 million pounds of surplus electronics. Elemental has diverted more than 12000 Tons of solid electronics waste from our local landfills.

Why Recycle

EPA regulations prohibit the landfilling of known hazardous materials. Businesses are liable for improperly disposing of e-waste. Don’t be faced with fines or clean-up costs! As Philadelphia’s only full-service PA DEP permitted ecycling facility, Elemental is not just a safe bet, it’s a sure thing. Why go anywhere else. With over TEN years of experience, Elemental is the R-Ecycler of choice in the Tri-State area.
Studies estimate nearly 500 million computers will become obsolete by 2007 in the United States, almost 2 computers per person and billions of pounds of surplus computers.http://www.nrc-recycle.org Electronics recycling can divert over 95% of these materials from our landfills. Including the many hazardous substances found in old PC equipment. http://www.dep.state.pa.us
Monitor picture tubes (Cathode Ray Tubes or CRTs) contain lead. Left in landfills, CRT lead can leach into the ground, poisoning our soil as well as our water supplies. Computers and other related equipment also contain hazardous materials including lead, lithium, cadmium, mercury, beryllium and more. Landfilling runs the risk of poisoning our environment.

Full Service Computer Removal and Recycling:

Elemental offers the area’s business community the added services of fully insured packaging, transport and recycling of their computer hardware, from safe PC and  computer monitor disposal to mainframe computer removal and recycling. Call or email for a free quote and current rates.

Additional Services

Information Security and Data management: Elemental offers all of our Customers the option of certified Secure Data Destruction. Applying the most current and complete means of data elimination Elemental will guarantee that your private business or personal information is eliminated from you computer. Call or email for a free quote and current rates.
Recording Services: In conjunction with our computer removal, information management and environmentally-safe handling of your computer equipment, Elemental offers customers the option of serial number recording. Call or email for a free quote and current rates.

Metal Trading: Includes removal and sales.

Container Service: Containers available for large quantities of ferrous and nonferrous metals, electronics and computer related materials. Includes computer parts: circuit boards, wire or cabling, power supplies, drives etc.

Commodities Export and Exchange: Computer Equipment Brokerage, removal, sales and overseas container loading services available. All quantities. Call or email for further information, current pricing and availability.

Not accepted:

• White goods
• Kitchen appliances
• Mechanical equipment
• Machinery
• Old media or software