The statistics are staggering. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, electronic waste is growing up to three times faster than any other waste stream (e.g., paper, yard waste). In the U.S. alone, millions of PCs, servers, monitors, storage systems and other IT devices are retired each year, yet only 15% of them are reused or recycled. These components either sit in storage where they consume valuable floor space, or end up in landfills where they pollute the environment with hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, cadmium and chromium.

Proper disposal of electronic waste can consume your organization’s valuable time and money. Many companies are willing to charge you handsomely to haul away your old equipment. Or, if you decide to remove it yourself, you may find that dismantling, handling and transporting your old equipment according to your state’s regulations ends up costing more money than it’s worth. And there’s always the risk of leaving sensitive data on hard drives, which can certainly compromise any organization.

Lighthouse Computer Services, a trusted IT advisor throughout the Northeast, now offers free eCycling Services in order to provide environmentally friendly disposal and recycling of electronic components. Lighthouse consultants will visit your site and remove servers, personal computers, LCD and CRT monitors, printers, fax machines, networking equipment, telecommunications equipment, power supplies, racks, copiers, cables, circuit boards, media, and other IT assets. All hard drives will be erased, and Lighthouse will provide written documentation of the proper disposal of the equipment.

Give Lighthouse a call today and set up an appointment to ecycle your old electronics. Save the Earth while saving money. It’s free, clean and simple.

A growing problem

Mention the word "recycling" to people, and the last thing that comes to mind is electronic devices. Yet the proper disposal or recycling of unwanted IT assets has quickly become a burden on companies, taxpayers, and the environment. In 2005, used or unwanted electronics amounted to approximately 2 million tons. Of that, about 1.6 million tons were discarded in landfills, and only 400,000 were recycled.

State governments are beginning to respond to this growing problem. Many states, such as Massachusetts, California and Minnesota, have made it illegal to landfill computer monitors, and nine states have proposed legislation to ban landfill disposal of all computer equipment. It’s clear that there is a growing movement to prevent IT assets from ending up as discarded waste.

Let Lighthouse help

Lighthouse understands that as your business grows, so does your inventory of IT components. But that probably equates to a growing collection of obsolete servers, PCs, monitors, printers, networking and telecommunications equipment, power supplies and other related items taking up precious floor space in your facility.

When it comes time to remove this equipment, up until now you’ve had just two choices: 1. Hire an outside firm to remove the equipment for you, at a significant cost to your business, or 2. Remove and dispose of the equipment yourself, also at a significant cost.

Now there’s a third choice—let Lighthouse Computer Services dismantle and remove it for you for free. Lighthouse, a trusted IT advisor to leading companies throughout the Northeast U.S., knows how to safely dispose of electronics while keeping them out of our landfills. Whether you have a few items or a server room full of outdated equipment, Lighthouse can help.

Our consultants will visit your site, dismantle old components, erase hard drives, and remove the equipment from your facility. These IT assets will then be refurbished, reused or recycled according to state and federal regulations. In addition, Lighthouse will provide you with an agreement accepting responsibility for its proper disposal, as well as written documentation of its proper disposal.

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Whether you are an existing customer, or a business looking to “go green” with a trusted partner, Lighthouse can help. Give Lighthouse a call today and set up an appointment to ecycle your old electronics. Save the Earth while saving money. It’s free, clean and simple.

To learn more about Lighthouse’s free eCycling Services, call us today at 888-542-8030.