In 1998, Nova Terra founders envisioned the generation of e-waste in Puerto Rico becoming a major environmental problem. Management undertook the initiative to enter the e-waste recycling market with an end to process and manage this equipment in a safe and controlled fashion. As the company developed, EMS, employee training programs and SOP's have become the backbone of its structure. Nowadays Nova Terra has diversified services including new recycling process for other materials.With the support of local industries, institutions and commercial clients, Nova Terra has helped reduce the impact of e-waste, metals and other materials to the environment. Millions of pounds have been averted from the landfills and have been redirected to the proper channels in the effort to increase the recycling of these materials.In 2011, Equipment De-Manufacturing, Asset Management (inventory control and tracking), Data-Safe (secure destruction of electronic data), Scrap Metal Management (demolition debris generation), Cardboard Recycling and the Transportation Logistics have become part of the growing array of recycling related programs.Facilities:Equipment recycling and de-manufacturing takes place at our fully permitted and enclosed 22,000 sq-ft facilities.Security:Our priority at Nova Terra is to ensure that the proprietary information and designs contained within these products are destroyed and recycled in the most effective way without compromising your security or environmental interests! We accomplish this through an aggressive protection plan that guarantees the security of your material from the moment it arrives in our facilities until properly managed for recycling. It includes a high-tech digital closed circuit monitored 7-24-365 security system.Environmental Compliance:As governmental regulations become more restrictive regarding to landfills, companies are now being forced to find optional methods for disposal management of their end-of-life high-tech goods. Liability laws have in effect forced changes in not only how materials are disposed of, but in how they are engineered and manufactured. Nova Terra has strategically positioned itself to handle these changes by diversifying the services offered to a point where it can handle basically all types of material used in the manufacturing process for the high-tech industry.If recycling services is what you need, then Nova Terra is the answer. We relate to our customers needs and compliance requirements based on efficiency, reliability, solid experience and confident environmentally recycling procedures.Nova Terra Inc is located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1998, the company has evolved into a multi product recycling and trading company. We offer environmentally safe recycling services such as: electronic waste recycling, scrap metal processing, material trading, product destruction, data destruction, detailed inventory control and asset management.Our newest divisions are Cardboard Recycling and Electronic/Industrial Equipment Reuse. Our customer's base includes many local top fortune 500 companies, leading financial, healthcare, educational institutions, scrap suppliers, Federal and State agencies.