eWaste typically refers to electronic consumer and business equipment that is outdated, defective, non-working, or has reached the end of its useful life. eWaste is short for electronic waste. Almost half (or 976 million units) of products sold between 1980 and 2004 are still in use or reuse. Nine percent (180 million units) of products sold between 1980 and 2004 are still in storage.*

If treated properly, electronic waste is a valuable source for secondary raw materials. However, if not treated properly, it is a major source of toxins and carcinogens. Rapid technology change, low initial cost and even planned obsolescence have resulted in a fast growing problem around the globe. Technical solutions are available but in most cases a legal framework, a collection system, logistics and other services need to be implemented before a technical solution can be applied. Electronic waste represents 2 percent of America's trash in landfills, but it equals 70 percent of overall toxic waste. *

Electronic waste processing systems have matured in recent years following increased regulatory, public, and commercial scrutiny, and a measurable increase in entrepreneurial interest. Part of this evolution has involved greater diversion of electronic waste from energy intensive, conventional recycling where equipment is reverted to a raw material form. This diversion is achieved through reclaiming parts, refurbishment of whole units and remarketing these units for reuse to new owners. The environmental and social benefits of reuse are important considerations; diminished demand for virgin raw materials (many of the environmental issues are not factored into the real cost of the virgin raw materials) which include large amounts of pure water, electricity, and packaging materials.


Recycle
Many of our clients initially attempted to utilize scrap recyclers to provide value added services such as product auditing verification and validation, parts reclamation and even product remarketing of their excess inventory, excess service parts stock, corporate De-installation equipment, customer returned merchandise, and service returned items. The process of sorting, evaluating and reclaiming value from whole units and/or working parts is labor intensive and requires a level of care and consideration when handling the equipment that is typically too labor intensive for most scrap recyclers.

PowerON Services, LLC staff members are experts in finding and reclaiming top value from returned and excess inventories. Our team has the knowledge and market experience to sell off the reclaimed assets while providing a value added return, complete accountability, and reclaimed weight reporting. Any non-working, non saleable product remaining after PowerON completes our value added services are then sent to our clients designated scrap recycler for final destruction, commodity sorting and commodity resale. The resold product then completes the cycle and is reused for another product or service.