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National partnership with non profit charity donates to disabled and elderly
04/01/08

ERS partners with Touch The Future and Reboot of Atlanta Georgia on a national charitable donation program allowing this non profit to strengthen their position as a provider to the disabled, seniors and less fortunate communities. This also allows TTF to ensure any products not reused, will be recycled in an environmentally conscientious manner. ERS provides a conduit for corporations to donate end of life products to a more worthy and substantial cause.

County begins ‘e-waste’ recycling program
10/04/07

By Dan Whisenhunt
Star Staff Writer

Butler Green, Calhoun County landfill director, says schools, businesses and residents can drop off their ‘e-waste’ for recycling at no cost.

There’s a lot of e-junk out there, but residents in Calhoun County now can put their defunct technology to good use.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates between 1 percent and 4 percent of municipal solid waste is electronics. Old computers, stubborn fax machines and cell phones with cracked display screens all qualify.

Until this week, the Calhoun County landfill couldn't take them in bulk. The landfill isn't equipped to deal with chemicals such as lead, mercury and cadmium found in these products because those chemicals might seep into the water table.

Now schools, businesses and residents can drop off their “e-waste” for recycling at no cost, according to landfill director Butler Green.

Electronic Recycling Services (ERS), an international company with an office in Georgia, is taking the e-waste dropped off at the landfill to its plant in Atlanta. From there, the old technology is stripped down and shipped to recycling plants.

Eric Moncrief, regional recycling coordinator for the company, said the Calhoun County project is part of his company’s new push to get more landfills to participate.

“What the plastic becomes, who knows? Another monitor or a car dashboard,” Moncrief said. “The glass becomes a car windshield or the glass on a mosaic for a church.”

There is no contract, he said. The county can participate for as long as it wants. Moncrief said he hopes the program will get people to start thinking about what they do with their old technology.

Green’s wife, Shirley, said she spent five years researching what to do with the old computers coming into the landfill before finding ERS.

The program is limited in scope – television sets, microwaves, radios and other household electronics containing suspect chemicals are not covered under the program.

Green already received one ton of e-waste from local schools in the first week. He keeps it piled in a warehouse near his office and in the back of a truck trailer.

“What happens is the school system says they'll upgrade and give older computers to schools that don’t have any,” Green said, looking at the pile – the blank screens staring back at him. “These units have kind of run their course.”

Company taking electronics at landfill
10/15/07

COLUMBIANA - Shelby County Environmental Services has partnered with Electronic Recycling Services of Norcross, Ga., to offer area residents and businesses a place to deposit out-of-use electronic equipment.

"We've put together a tri-state recycling effort to help folks become more conscious of e-waste," said Eric Moncrief, regional program director for Electronic Recycling Services. The private company also offers the electronic recycling program in areas of Georgia and South Carolina.

Robert Kelley of county environmental services said the county has provided space for a trailer at the Shelby County Landfill on Highway 70. Electronics being accepted include computers, monitors, phones, fax machines, printers, copiers, power supplies, switches, routers, cell phones and cables.

Electronic Recycling Services absorbs all costs of the service, which includes transporting dumped items back to its Georgia offices for dismantling, Moncrief said. Equipment is broken down to raw materials, so they may be used again in future products from similar electronics to car dashboards to football helmets.

The recycling service does not include household electronics such as televisions, microwaves, radios, stoves or refrigerators.

While Kelley said the county will look at making space for the trailer on a quarterly basis, Moncrief said his company is willing to offer the service indefinitely.

"We just want to be a partner and help people dispose of e-waste properly," Moncrief said. "Environmentally it's the right thing to do."

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ERS Launches Pilot Program for Municipalities
09/1/07

Electronic waste (E-waste) is becoming one of America’s fastest growing problems. A study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that e-waste constitutes for 4% of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream and is growing at a tremendously accelerated speed at 2-3 times faster than any other waste streams. And, the most frightening fact is that only 10% of American households are currently recycling their unwanted electronics or e-waste.

The launch of this much awaited program has been developed specifically to meet the eWaste needs of municipalities. ERS provides a canned program that can be implemented by any municipality without the need for extensive studies or approvals. All paperwork and logistics and liabilities are handled by ERS.

Initially, the Pilot Program will concentrate on counties in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina but inquiries have already been made by counties in Wyoming and Minnesota

ERS adds Secure Data Destruction and Media Shredding Services
06/1/07

JJS Developments parent of ERS L.T.D. and ERS L.L.C. has added in house secure data destruction to its long list of service offerings. The addition of a 2000 lb/hr media shredder will guarantee that all data will be destroyed to an unrecoverable level. Data Destruction Services are SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) and HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Compliant.

ERS Atlanta gets EPA certification
04/10/07

We are proud to announce that the US Environmental Protection Agency has approved recycling policies and processes for ERS LLC (Atlanta)

ERS opens new 25000 sq ft location in Atlanta Georgia .
03/01/07

Electronic Recycling Services LLC begins operation in our new Hi-Tech facility in Norcross Georgia . 'With initial focus on county and municipal partnership programs in Georgia , Alabama , North Carolina and South Carolina , feedback from municipalities has been overwhelming to our new programs' says Paul Dowling Director of Marketing.