OEW Recycling
2050 East Williams Road, Columbus, Ohio, United States

OEW Recycling is a full service recycling business serving the central Ohio region. We partner with each of our customers to provide reliable, cost effective, and safe disposal and recycling services. We customize a solution to meet each customer’s specific needs and “green” priorities. In every situation, our customers recognize substantial benefits that range from maximizing the monetary returns on their recycling program, to regulatory compliance, to cost savings compared to existing disposal methods. By adopting “green” waste disposal processes, our customers demonstrate both good business practices and environmental responsibility.

Each year our company successfully recycles thousands of tons of industrial, commercial and business waste that includes materials such as: plastics, ferrous and non ferrous metals, paper, card board, wood and a variety of e-Waste materials.Our ability to collect and process materials for recycling ranges from common household objects to large industrial and commercial waste items.

OEW Recycling Helps You:

• GO GREEN: OEW will assist your business create a comprehensive recycling plan.
• REDUCE COSTS: OEW will assist your business reduce or eliminate costs associated with managing your waste stream.
•  DIVERT WASTE FROM LANDFILL: OEW will work with your business to decrease the amount of material that you send to landfill.
  
  How much material does OEW Recycling send to the landfill?
  

Very little! Our combined recycling and reuse rate is well over 98% of the material we receive from individuals. That means that less than 2% goes to the landfill. We refer to this as our disposal rate. Our goal is to reduce our annual disposal rate to less than 1%.OEW Recycling accepts a wide range of materials. However, we are careful to disclose the materials that we do not accept so that we can focus our efforts on recycling those materials that we are best qualified to process. By adhering to these standards OEW Recycling provides individuals with cost effective recycling services, plus we limit the amount of material sent to a landfill.

Materials we do not accept:

• PVC products
• Tires
• Paint
• Glass
• Wood (though we do accept wood pallets at no charge)
• Any item labeled as Hazardous Material
• Trash, garbage, yard debris
• Any item that has not had Freon properly removed or still contains Freon

DESTRUCTION

Does OEW Recycling have document shredding services?
Yes. OEW Recycling has a certified document destruction service. Many individuals have documents such as bank statements, old tax records, and payment receipts that have accumulated over time. OEW uses high-powered shredding equipment to turn these documents into tiny shreds of paper. This service is performed at our facility and can accommodate any volume of material you have.Costs vary depending on the amount of documents that you want shredded. There is a minimum charge of $25.00 for document shredding of 25 pounds or less. An additional fee of $1.00 per pound is charged for volumes greater than 25 pounds.

Does OEW Recycling destroy storage media such as computer hard drives and floppy disks?
Yes. OEW Recycling uses our high-powered shears to destroy storage media of all sorts. If your home computer’s hard drive is broken or ready to be replaced, we provide you with a service that shears the hard drive into small pieces rendering the hard drive unusable and any content on it unreadable.We also destroy compact discs, DVD discs, and cassette tapes of all kinds. The fees for this service depend on the volume and type of media you want destroyed. Minimum fees for hard drive destruction start at $5.00 per hard drive. CD, DVD, Floppy disks, and zip disks are destroyed at a cost of $0.50/lb. If you do not want the media destroyed, we will take it at no charge.

Do I need an appointment to have documents or media destroyed?
Yes. You need to call ahead to make arrangements for document destruction. You can then bring your material to our drop-off center at 2050 East Williams Road Columbus Ohio 43207 and one of our recycling specialists will assist you. We can issue a certificate of destruction with each job we complete for an additional fee.

Available Resources

OEW Recycling is committed to a “greener” and more sustainable environment. Our services assist individuals, businesses, and industrial companies to reduce waste and to recycle materials that are produced in the course of living, doing business, or manufacturing products. Although we offer a variety of services, we are aware that there are many services and resources that we may not provide directly.
OEW Recycling has identified links to resources that many of you may be interested in contacting for further information or for obtaining support of your recycling activities. This is not an exhaustive list but these are resources that we think you will find very helpful. We will be adding to this as time goes on and as we become more aware of useful information.