California Recycles

Responsible Recycling

Not every electronics collector is a socially respon. Many collectors simply break functional electronics and dump the un-saleable remains. We all pay the price for this practice - our country’s landfills contain millions of tons of e-waste. Sadly, the remaining 50 percent of the electronics collected in the United States for recycling is shipped overseas. At California Recycles we are committed to environmentally sound best practices and certification from all those we do business with.

Global Understanding

We believe the better people understand the issues surrounding electronics recycling, the more committed they will become to helping solve the problem. We hope you’ll see why its so important that each of us step up to this responsibility to continue to recycle.​

Safe Disposal

Have you ever wondered what really happens to electronics that you have given to a “recycler”? The results may not have been what you had in mind. Often the most valuable parts are removed in the first process, and then the remnants pass through multiple “strippers” with toxic components ending up in our landfills or exported to developing nations.

Safe disposal of toxins from electronic waste is critical because the health of people and the environment depend on it.​

California Recycles uses extreme care in selecting vendors to partner with for the de-manufacturing and recycling of the electronics you place in our hands. We work with these partners to track every item through the end of the recycling process to ensure that the disposal of toxins is completed safely.

Data Shredding

To protect your confidential information, California Recycles offers hard disk erasure and destruction. When ever possible we try to put newer computers back in use. If we can put the computer back in use we use a three-pass system that meets US Department of Defense disk sanitation standards (DoD 5220.22-M) and complies with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. If we are unable to put the computer back in use the hard drive is removed and sent to a certified hard disk destructor where the hard disk is shredded.

Accountability

California Recycles provides government agencies, corporations, OEMs, retailers and environmental groups recycling data so that every party can measure the programs, while keeping your personal information private and secure. No third parties or non-government agencies ever are privy to your information.​

Reuse

When ever possible California Recycles will try to put items turned in for recycling back into use. These Items are available for purchase at significantly reduced prices. For our customers security all data will be destroyed prior to an item being reused.

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