Recycle Techs - North Spokane

Recycle Techs is a Washington State approved computer recycling company located in Spokane, Washington. We specializing in used computer sales and recycling. Our goal is to get the full life out of each product, then properly dispose of it when it has outlived its usefulness. Proper disposal is regulated by city, state, and federal EPA regulations. 
Most of the computers we recycle have outlived their productivity in one environment but are still in demand elsewhere. There are still many homes and facilities in desperate need of such equipment. Our job is to repair and redistribute each computer to get its full use. We recycle our equipment to minimize the environmental impact from improper disposal practices. It is no longer legal to dispose of equipment at your local dump or landfill. Computers, monitors, and other electronics have toxic metals that can leach into the soil causing serious problems to our environment. What we do is redistribute working equipment and properly dispose of broken and unfixable equipment. With these practices we feel that we can make a difference by offering an alternative solution to simply dumping your equipment.

We are a Washington based company specializing in computer sales, service and recycling of retired computer and office equipment. At Recycle Techs we know that there is more equipment being replaced with faster, more hi-tech machines. Old equipment is being stored away taking up your precious office space or being disposed of improperly posing an environmental threat. What we offer is a secure and cost-effective way to get rid of your retired computers and other office equipment safely and by conforming to EPA standards.Recycle Techs is a Washington State approved e-waste collector. Items collected will either be recycled and destroyed or refurbished. Destroyed equipment will be dismantled in our facility and go to a Washington State approved precious metal extractor. They will remove all toxic metals from circuit boards and monitors to be reused or disposed of properly.To regulate computer disposal Recycle Techs will not dispose or resell computers outside of the United States. Computers shipped overseas are not subject to the same hazardous waste disposal practices as within the US. Many of the computers overseas end up in landfills or disposed of improperly.

Recycling Services

Recycle Techs offers a secure and cost-effective way to get rid of your retired computers and other office equipment safely while conforming to EPA standards. Most electronics recycled through Recycle Techs will be demanufactured a Washington State assigned facility. Starting January 2nd 2009 Recycle Techs will be working with Washington state to provide free computer tower, monitor, and television recycling to Washington residents and qualifying businesses. Please visit our residential and corporate recycling pages for more info.Due to the cheap or no recycling cost all residential pickups must be dropped off at our valley store. Businesses that qualify for the recycling program can have their equipment picked up. A pickup charge may apply. Please call for details. Please drop off medium to large e-waste donations at 6810 E. Appleway Blvd. in the Spokane Valley. Our north location does not have the capacity to handle truckloads of equipment. Thank you.

Printers and Fax Machines:
Printers and fax machines are items that are difficult to recycle properly. We will not accept printers, copiers, fax machines etc. from residential or drop off customers. We will pick them up from businesses for a charge of $.40 per lb

Items recycled for a charge:
All other items not listed above could have a recycle charge. If we can not properly recycle your items then we will not accept them.

Items we do not recycle:

• Home and car audio
• Appliances
• Anything not computer related

Costs or credits for recycling :
Items dropped off or picked up that still have good recycle value like newer towers and monitors can be credited towards data destruction, pickup charges or other item recycling costs.

Business and Residential dropoff information:
TVs and medium to large recycle loads must be taken to our Spokane Valley facility at 6810 E. Appleway Blvd. We can take small loads (a few towers and monitors) at our North Spokane Store. Our north location does not have the capacity to handle truckloads of equipment.

Local Business Pickup Information:
We can pickup medium to large computer recycles within 30 miles around Spokane, Washington. We have a 16' box truck with the ability to move up to 8 pallets at a time. Pickup and recycle fees may apply.

Hard Drive Security Options :

Hard drive Sanitizing: 
At Recycle Techs we take data removal very seriously. We understand the importance of securely removing all data from all hard drives to keep our clients and their customer's information confidential. That is why we offer a secure way to destroy your information before disposal. We use professional software that removed the data and writes over the disk. We DO NOT format which is proven to not remove data. We have 4 different data removal options:
Single-pass quick sanitize method ($3.99):
A quick, single-pass sanitize method, that overwrites all disk data with zero characters. This type of sanitizing is able to stop all software recovery tools (un-format and un-erase tools, low level disk editors, etc.) from recovering the original data stored on disk. This is the U.S. Department of Defense approved method for clearing disks, but not for sanitizing disks with secret information.
Triple-pass Navy standards method ($6.99 per drive):
A three pass sanitize method conforming to Navy Staff Office Publication #5239 and Information Systems Security (INFO SEC) Program Guidelines, which is issued by the Naval Information Systems Management Center.
Seven-pass DOD sanitizing method ($9.99 per drive):
A high security seven pass sanitize method performed to the U.S. Department of Defense standards (DOD 5220.22-M). With more federal regulations being passed to protect customer information, large institutions and small businesses will need to securely destroy all sensitive data from storage devices using this method.
Shredding sanitizing method ($9.99 per drive):
The highest form of sanitizing. Each hard drive is rendered unusable and shredded beyond recognition.