Safe, R2-Certified Electronics Disposal in Lake County and Chicagoland

Concerned with what happens to your end-of-life electronics? We eliminate the risk for our customers by adhering to the strictest guidelines set forth for recyclers. We are R2 Certified, ISO 14001:2004 Certified, and a registered Large Handler of Universal Waste with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Why R2?
Data security

• All R2 certified recyclers are required to sanitize, purge, or destroy data on all hard drives and data storage devices.
• Data destruction processes are reviewed and validated by an independent party periodically.
• R2 recyclers are required to have a security program in place that is appropriate for the equipment they handle and the customers they serve.

Environmental practices

• R2 defines focus materials, or materials that can pose environmental concern, and outlines how these materials should be managed to ensure environmental and worker safety.
• The Standard requires downstream due diligence on all vendors handling focus materials to ensure materials are handled properly throughout the chain of custody.
• R2 prohibits the export of equipment and components containing focus materials to developing countries unless the transaction is legal under both the export and import countries' laws and the receiving facility is state-of-the-art.

Proper e-waste disposal

• All R2 certified electronics recyclers maintain necessary permits, licenses, and insurance as required by state and federal regulations.
• R2 requires that all recyclers send materials to licensed and permitted facilities.
• Rigorous shipping and material tracking systems are employed by all R2 certified recyclers.

Remarketing and reuse

• Recognizing the importance that reuse has, both environmentally and socially, R2 Practices establishes a "reuse, recover, dispose" hierarchy all along the chain of custody for material handling.
• R2 certified recyclers that test equipment diverted for reuse, and confirm key functions of the unit are working, may export this equipment. Without such testing and confirmation, such equipment must be treated as though it is going to recycling and may not be exported unless the R2 exporting provisions for recycling are satisfied.
• Also recognizing that some clients would not want their equipment remarketed or reused, R2 Practices require recyclers to have systems in place to ensure that all equipment can be recycled, rather than recovered for reuse, if the client wishes.

ISO 14001:2004

ISO 14001 addresses various aspects of environmental management. This standard is a management tool enabling an organization of any size or type to:

• Identify and control the environmental impact of its activities, products or services.
• Continually improve its environmental performance.
• Implement a systematic approach to setting environmental objectives and targets, to achieving these goals and to demonstrating that they have been achieved.
• Provide assurance to management that it is in control of the organizational processes and activities impacting the environment.
• Assure employees that they are working for an environmentally responsible organization.

EPA

In 2011, we were licensed as a Large Handler of Universal Waste by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As a Large Handler of Batteries, we receive, store, and send batteries for recycling in the proper manner to avoid environmental and human harm.