IMS Electronics Recycling
2401 St. Francis Lane , Vancouver, Washington, United States

In 1954, Charles M. Davis, a mechanical engineer, founded a California based recycling company known as IMS Recycling Services. Now one of San Diego’s oldest and largest non-ferrous recycling companies, IMS recycles a broad range of materials including; aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel, high temperature alloys, copper nickel, fibers (cardboard, mixed paper, newspaper), CRV items (PET, HDPE, glass), and more. Dedicated to helping businesses achieve green initiatives and reduce carbon footprints, IMS Recycling Services continues to offer customers a dynamic approach to large-scale recycling, with the flexibility to adapt to changing markets.

 In the early 1970’s, IMS, with the help of Alcoa Aluminum, developed an aluminum can reclamation program to effectively analyze the environmental impact and profit potential of recycling aluminum cans. Shortly after, the need to automate various operational processes became evident. Seizing the opportunity, Mr. Davis invented the first aluminum can flattener – the CP100 – for use within his own yard. The equipment rapidly gained attention from prospective buyers and to answer the increasing demands for this machinery, CP Manufacturing was incorporated in 1977.

 Over the years, as the business continued to expand, additional companies were established to address other industrial needs, including; Handy Metal Mart, MSS, Inc., Krause Manufacturing, Inc., and KMI Sea-Lift, Inc. This family of subsidiary companies became known as CP Global.

 In 2007, a special division was added to CP Global, to develop processes for the special handling needs of electronics. IMS Electronics Recycling, presenting customers with the opportunity of full environmental compliance, assists businesses with IT Asset Management, Data Destruction, and is also a responsible recycler of electronics, including; computers, televisions, telecommunications systems, Universal Waste such as CRTs, and more. IMS Electronics now operates nationwide facilities.

 Today, CP Global is still owned and operated by the Davis family. Armed with over five decades of knowledge and experience, we guarantee our clientele an unmatched expertise in the recycling industry. We continually aim to provide customer service that far exceeds expectations, to offer innovative and quality recycling in an environmentally responsible, fiscally sound manner, and to create opportunities for our workforce to achieve personal and professional growth, while meeting and exceeding corporate initiatives and goals.

"We provide sustainable solutions for the management of retired IT Assets. Through continual improvement processes, IMS Electronics strives to meet the needs of our customers, employees, and the environment. Communication is the foundation for our relationships with our customers, please contact us with any questions or feedback." 

Our Policy

IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. continuously strives to improve our activities, products and services to meet customer and industry ethical, quality, environmental, health and safety standards.

IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. is committed to provide a quality recycling solution based on an end-of-life hierarchy of reuse, recovery, and disposal for responsible management strategies of electronic waste. Striving to continuously improve the quality, environmental, health and safety management of our operations, IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. is committed to the secure processing of electronic waste throughout the recycling chain.

IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. is environmentally committed to the prevention of pollution via the evaluation of materials and resources for operations; the commitment to reduce waste and reduce the transfer of waste from one environmental medium to another; and conducting downstream due diligence for all materials of concern/focus materials.

IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. is committed to the health and safety of our operations via the prevention of injury and illness, appropriate training and supervision, and the availability and use of appropriate controls to minimize risk for all workers, visitors, and customers.

IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. is committed to the continual improvement of our quality, environmental, health and safety management system via the use of a plan, do, check, act (PDCA) cycle; monitoring and measuring our activities products and services; cultivating a work environment focused on quality, environmental, health and safety commitments; implementing objectives and targets geared to improve operations; and welcoming the suggestions of workers, visitors, and customers. In the event of nonconformities, accidents, or incidents; the management system has response and corrective programs to minimize the impact to operations and prevent reoccurrence in the future.

IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. shall provide adequate personnel, organization, financial, educational, training, communication, and technological support to implement, maintain, and improve our quality, environmental, health and safety policy and corresponding management system. These resources shall communicate our policy to the community and implement the management system throughout the organization.

IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. shall conduct business in observance of all applicable laws and regulations, in observance of all contractual agreements with customers, in compliance with the electronic industry code of conduct (EICC), and in compliance with other requirements accepted by management.

The quality, environmental, health, and safety policy and corresponding management system applies to all persons working for or on the behalf of IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. Since IMS Electronics Recycling, Inc. does not have authority over services performed by the landlord or CP Global, these entities are not controlled by the policy and corresponding management system.

OUR CREDIBILITY

• ISO 9001 is the most globally instituted quality framework and establishes the standard not only for quality management systems, but also management systems in general. This standard assists various organizations with succeeding through improved customer satisfaction, staff motivation, and continual improvement.
• OHSAS 18001 is the standard providing structure for managing Health and Safety Management responsibilities through an Occupational Health and Safety Management System, compatible with the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards. The goal of this standard is to reduce the risk to employees, as well as other interested parties, and to aid in legislation compliance.
• ISO 14001 is an internationally distinguished standard for implementing an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). This “Go Green” standard is aimed to recognize the delicate balance between maintaining profitability and reducing environmental impact.
• The Responsible Recycling (R2) standard endeavors to create a voluntary, market-based mechanism for ensuring best practices, which would also provide vital information and assurance to prospective customers. This comprehensive standard integrates environmental, health and safety management; media sanitization; export and disposal restrictions; chain of custody accountability; and transportation controls.

WHAT IS E- WASTE?

As we transition from old to new, we leave behind a wake of discarded, obsolete, and sometimes archaic machines. As we increase our knowledge in technology, the lifespan of electronic products continues to diminish in length, forcing the aged devices to rapidly assemble in volume. This large, growing mass of unwanted electronics is known as E-Waste.

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