Triangle Ecycling
2717 WESTERN BYPASS, Durham, North Carolina, United States

The primary mission of Triangle Ecycling is supporting STEM education with hands-on tech training for high school students. We are a triple bottom line business engaged in collecting, refurbishing and recycling end-of-life computers and other electronics. We repurpose computers for good.

We serve businesses and organizations – large and small – and individuals. We use what we collect as fuel for a sustainable computer tech education lab. With the assistance of Durham, Chapel Hill - Carrboro and Orange County Public School administrators and teachers, we have set up a free program for high school students to come work in our shop. They refurbish computers, learn about environmental/humanitarian issues surrounding ewaste and sustainable business models. Refurbished computers are given to charities that support children's education and sold locally and online at below market prices to help bridge the Digital Divide and support the program.

Most businesses and organizations see surplus computer disposal as a logistics issue. Their priorities are cost and security. Our fees are modest as our success metrics focus on education over profit. Regulations govern handling of customer information and other secure data as well as dumping ewaste in NC landfills. As a regulatory lawyer, I have many years’ experience counseling clients on compliance and take our responsibility to handle client data securely and ethically very seriously. Hard drives are wiped, pursuant to NIST 800-88 standards, or destroyed and all recycling is processed compliant with e-Stewards and R2 Certified, 0% landfill policy standards.