Computer Recyclers (Collection and Processing) in Oregon ...



Computer Recyclers (Processing and Reclamation)

in Oregon and Washington

|Rank |Last Year’s |Company name |Processors, Collector (Broker) |Number of |Materials Recycled |Total tonnage of |Number of |

| |Rank |(contact info) | |Employees | |E-Waste processed |Locations |

| | | | | | |and/or collected | |

| | | | | | |annually | |

|1 |* |Green Disk Services |Collector (Broker) |WND |All forms of electronic |~2,500 tons |1 |

| | |46398 NE 85th St. #100 | | |media: | |Sammamish |

| | |Redmond, WA 98052 |Sales/Marketing and corporate office is in | |3 ½ Diskettes | | |

| | |800-305-3475 |Sammamish | |CDS | | |

| | |425-883-9165 | | |Inkjet cartridges | | |

| | | |Certified by the Rehabilitation Accreditation | |Laser cartridges | | |

| | | |Commission. Creates products out of recycled | |Cell phones | | |

| | | |materials, such as soft-shell CD cases. | |PDAs | | |

| | | | | |Videos | | |

| | | |Columbia, Missouri (Alternative Community | |Rechargeable batteries | | |

| | | |Training) | |Digital Cameras | | |

| | | |ACT – disabled adults | | | | |

| | | |Processing | | | | |

| | | |Remanufacturing | | | | |

| | | |Recycling | | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

| | | |Provides intellectual property security. | | | | |

| | | |Certificate of destruction available upon | | | | |

| | | |request. You must ship materials to their | | | | |

| | | |processor. | | | | |

|1 |1 |Quantum Resources |Collector (brokers) |23 |All computer and electronic|~2,500 tons/year |1 |

| | |10750 SW Denney Rd. |Collects, dismantles and sorts. | |waste | |Beaverton |

| | |Beaverton, OR 97008 | | | | | |

| | |503-646-2427 |Sends parts internationally. | | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

|3 |3 |Total Reclaim |Processor |42 |All computer CPUs |~2,250 tons/year |2 |

| | |2200 6th Ave. South |Recycle, sell, sort and send to other markets | |Computer Peripherals | |Seattle |

| | |Seattle, WA 98134 |(i.e. scrap markets, metal refineries and | |(printers, scanners, |60,000 monitors | |

| | |206-343-7443 |other metal buyers) | |keyboards and mice) | | |

| | | | | |Consumer electronics | | |

| | | |Only non-recyclable, non-hazardous materials | |Copiers and fax machines | | |

| | | |are sent to a municipal solid waste landfill. | |Laptop computers | | |

| | | | | |Monitors and televisions | | |

| | | |Shredding operation, only one in the | |Power cables/connectors | | |

| | | |northwest. | |Power supply units | | |

| | | | | |Printed circuit boards and | | |

| | | |Partner with World Computer Exchange | |computer cards | | |

| | | |(), a non-profit | |Telephones and batteries | | |

| | | |sending technologies to the third world for | | | | |

| | | |reuse. | | | | |

|4 |4 |Computer Drive Connection |Collector (broker) |8 |All computer and electronic|~2,000 |1 |

| | |PO Box 412 |Dismantle, reuse/resell what they can, store | |waste |tons/year |Cornelius |

| | |Cornelius, OR |remainder until they can send out to recycling| | | | |

| | |503-992-0180 |facilities. | | | | |

| | |Fax: 503-992-0179 | | | | | |

| | | |-Would not disclose names of facilities. | | | | |

|5 |5 |Ecco Recycles |Collector |50 |Ink-jet cartridges |~1,470 tons |1 |

| | |1621 Central Ave. S., Suite 32 | | |Laser cartridges |(last year: |Kent |

| | |Kent, WA 98032 |Collect printer cartridges and send out to be | |Fax cartridges |~498 tons/year) | |

| | |253-813-9736 |remanufactured; also sell the remanufactured | |Cell phones | | |

| | | |cartridges. Collects cell-phones as well. | | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

| | | |Parts sent out to a company they own in Erie, | | | | |

| | | |Pennsylvania for remanufacturing | | | | |

|6 |-- |Technology Conservation Group, Inc. |ISO14001 Processor, collector, asset recovery |100+ |Most types of electronics, |697* tons |1 |

| | |6125 N. Basin Ave. Suite A | | |scrap metals, circuit | |Portland |

| | |Portland, OR 97217 |PCs, sort, decommission, deconstruct old | |boards, precious |*Companywide | |

| | |503-735-1102 |computer; usable computers: resold. | |metal bearing scrap, |aggregation of 6 N. | |

| | |Fax: 503-735-1126 |Wholesaled to eBay. | |networking equipment, cell |American locations | |

| | | | | |phones, PC's, hard |(Mexico, US). | |

| | | |Torn down to commodity level, sent to local | |drives, etc. |(Mexico is a | |

| | | |refineries, no e-waste goes overseas. | |No white goods |collection site). | |

| | | | | |(refrigerators, stoves). | | |

| | | |Monitors torn down within the US. Asset | |Can handle consumer waste, | | |

| | | |recovery: recover defective PCBs, resell | |but mostly deals with | | |

| | | |working chips, PCBs processed to get gold. | |businesses. | | |

|7 |-- |Electronics Recycling Company |Collector |4 |All electronics (anything |540 tons/year |1 |

| | |100 SE Alder | | |with an electrical cord) | |Portland |

| | |Portland, OR 97214 |Collects materials and sends to Phillipines | | | | |

| | |PO Box 14934 |and Hong Kong to be processed | | | | |

| | |Portland, OR 97293 | | | | | |

| | |503-232-2500 | | | | | |

| | |electronics- | | | | | |

|8 |8 |Philip Services Corporation |Collector (broker) |180 |All Computer/electronic |~250 tons/year |5 |

| | |(Burlington Environmental, Inc.) |Brokers out to 2 firms. | |waste | |Washougal |

| | |18000 72nd Ave Suite 217 |-Destruction facility | | | |Tacoma |

| | |Kent, WA 98032 |-De-manufacturer that breaks e-waste into | | | |Kent |

| | |800-547-2436 |commodity parts. | | | |Seattle |

| | | |Sends to: | | | |Spokane |

| | | |-Micro metalics | | | | |

| | | |-NextCycle | | | | |

| | | |-Total Reclaim | | | | |

|9 |-- |Computer Reuse and Recycling Center, Home of |Collector, dismantler, reseller. |3 staff, |All computer CPUs |~228 tons/year total |1 Eugene |

| | |MacRenewal | |Volunteers: 120 |Computer peripherals | | |

| | |222 Polk |Collects and dismantles computers, refurbishes| |(printers, scanners, |500-1,200 computers | |

| | |Eugene, OR 97401 |and resells computers. Recycles scrap | |keyboards and mice) |reused and placed for| |

| | |Thrift Store: 1328 West 2nd Street Eugene, OR |material by sending to recycling companies. | |Consumer electronics |free in community | |

| | |97402 | | |Copiers and fax machines |annually | |

| | |541-686-2366 |Non-profit: takes e-waste that Goodwill and | |Laptop computers | | |

| | |Fax: 541-686-0577 |St. Vincent DePaul will no longer take | |Mainframe computers | | |

| | | | | |Monitors and terminals | | |

| | | | | |Power cables/connectors | | |

| | | | | |Power supply units | | |

| | | | | |Printed circuit boards and | | |

| | | | | |computer cards | | |

| | | | | |Telephones | | |

| | | | | |Cell phones | | |

|10 |6 |Free Geek |Collector (Broker) |17 paid staff --|All computer and electronic|~180 tons/year |1 |

| | |1731 SE 10th Ave. |Repair/reuse what they can; sends unusable |up to 200 |waste |collected |Portland |

| | |Portland, OR |parts to local recycling facilities |volunteers | | | |

| | |503-232-9350 | | | |~93 tons/year | |

| | | |Sent to: | | |reused or recycled | |

| | | |-Metro Metals NW | | | | |

| | | |-Quantum Resources | | | | |

| | | |-Hallmark Refining Corp. | | | | |

| | | |-Total Reclaim | | | | |

| | | |-Battery Exchange | | | | |

|11 |-- |Monitors and More |Collector, dismantler, reseller |6 staff, 12-20 |Monitors |~75 tons |1 Roseburg |

| | |Roseburg, OR | |volunteers |Computers |(9 months of | |

| | |541-673-3347 |Collects and dismantles computers, refurbishes| |Cell phones |operation) | |

| | | |and resells computers. Recycles scrap | |Computer peripherals | | |

| | | |material by sending to recycling companies. | | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

| | | |Non-profit organization | | | | |

|12 |10 |Tonerinx Inc. |Collector (broker) |5 |Ink-jet cartridges |62 tons   |1 |

| | |24023 NE Shea Lane, Suite 108 |Brokers out to 3 out of state remanufacturing | |Laser cartridges |110,000 Laser |Portland |

| | |Wood Village, OR 97060 |facilities. | | |cartridges recycled | |

| | |503-669-3439 | | | |60,000 Inkjet | |

| | | | | | |cartridges recycled | |

|13 |-- |Oregon Computer Recycling, Inc. |Processor / Collector |4 |All CPUs |~40 |2 |

| | |Warrenton, OR | | |Printers and scanners | |Portland |

| | |888-275-2440 |Systems are dismantled onsite; sent to other | |Keyboards and mice | |Warrenton |

| | |503.861.7224 |companies for recycling. | |Copiers and fax machines | | |

| | |info@ | | |Laptop computers | | |

| | | | | |Main frame computers | | |

| | | | | |Internal components such as| | |

| | | | | |boards and cards | | |

|14 |13 |PC Salvage, LLC |Collector (Broker); |8 |All computer electronic |~24 tons |1 |

| | |3627 South 54th St. |Partial metals/plastic processing | |waste, |collected |Tacoma |

| | |Tacoma, WA 98409 | | |Fluorescent lamps Household| | |

| | |1-866-341-8003 |-Process into piles of specific metals – piles| |appliances |~21.5 tons | |

| | |253-460-8322 |sent to Joseph Simon and Sons for further | |Home electronics |processed | |

| | |Fax: 253-460-8322 |processing | |Plastics | | |

| | | | | |Ferrous and non-ferrous | | |

| | |pcsalvage@ |-Plastics may be going overseas (in bail) | |metals | | |

| | | | | |Cardboard | | |

| | |Mark Bracking | | |Paper | | |

| | |1-866-341-8003 | | |Books | | |

|15 |12 |Sterling Laser Inc |Collects and remanufactures |4 |Inkjet cartridges |~15 tons/year |1 |

| | |893 Industry Dr | | |Laser cartridges | |Tukwila |

| | |Tukwila, WA 98188-3411 |Directly sells and sends to local companies | |Toner cartridges | | |

| | |206-575-1411 |who sell parts. | | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

| | |Chris Nielsen, Owner | | | | | |

|* |* |Metro Metals NW, Inc. |Processor |~150 |Computer metal and plastic |N/A |3 |

| | |5611 NE Columbia Blvd | | |Hardrives | |Kelso |

| | |Portland, Oregon 97218 |Collects and processes metal for scrap and | |Anodized aluminum wire and |Unable to separate |Vancouver |

| | |503-287-8861 |destruction. | |power supplies |e-waste from other |Portland |

| | | | | |CD drives |collected materials. | |

| | | |Shredded, boxed and/or bailed and sent to | |Floppy drives | | |

| | |Steve Zusman |domestic and international mills and smelters.| |Tape drives | | |

| | | | | |Fans | | |

| | | | | |Speakers | | |

| | | | | |Printers | | |

| | | | | |Fax machines | | |

| | | | | |Mice | | |

|* |* |RE-PC |Collector (Broker) |23 |All computer/electronic |N/A |2 |

| | |1565 6th Ave. South |Encourages re-use of e-waste by collecting, | |waste | |Seattle |

| | |Seattle, WA 98134 |buying, repairing, and reselling discarded | | |Weight not recorded |Southcenter |

| | |206-623-9151 |components; Sends unusable parts to processing| | |from daily drop-offs.| |

| | |510 Andover Park, West |facilities: | | | | |

| | |Tukwila, WA 98188 | | | | | |

| | |206-575-8737 |-Hallmark Refining Corp. | | | | |

| | |Web: |-Total Reclaim | | | | |

| | |e-mail: repc@ |-Bloch Steel | | | | |

| | |Mark Dabek | | | | | |

|* |* |Earth Protection Services, Inc. |Collector (Broker), Recycler |10 |Process: Any lighting |N/A |1 |

| | |7272 SW Durham suite 100 |E-waste sent to: | |except neon, including PCB | |Tigard |

| | |Tigard, OR 97224 |-Metro Metals | |and non-PCB contaminated |Unable to separate | |

| | |503-620-2466 |-Hallmark | |ballasts (recovers PCBs). |e-waste from other | |

| | | |-Others not in NW | |Demanufacturing of CRT |collected materials. | |

| | | | | |monitors, computers and | | |

| | | |In-house processing of electronics, CRTs, no | |peripherals, then sent to | | |

| | | |export of either, lamps/ballast. | |Metro for shredding and | | |

| | | | | |separation. | | |

| | | | | | | | |

| | | | | |Broker: | | |

| | | | | |Batteries | | |

| | | | | |Computer monitors and | | |

| | | | | |components including | | |

| | | | | |peripherals | | |

|* |* |Hallmark Refining Corp. |Processor |WND |Precious Metals |WND |2 |

| | |1743 Cedardale Rd. | | |Circuit Boards | |Portland |

| | |Mt. Vernon, WA 98273 |Secondary refiner of precious metals | |PCI cards | | |

| | |800-255-1895 | | |AGP cards | | |

| | | | | |ISA cards | | |

| | | | | |RAM | | |

| | | | | |Processors | | |

WND = Would not disclose

N/A = not available

Sources: respective companies, EPA

RESEARCHER: Cedric Justice

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