RenovoData Services is hosting DataShred Wednesdays starting June 15! On the first and third Wednesdays of every month between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., bring in your retired hard drives (previously removed from the computer) for shredding at $5 each, and 25% off for orders of 5 drives or more!

We’ll also shred your data tapes for $5 per pound, and CDs, DVDs and Floppy Disks for $2.50 per pound. And as always, you’ll have the total peace of mind that comes with 100% secure data destruction.

In addition, we’ll be taking some recyclables for FREE. Some we’ll be taking at just 25 cents per pound.

Bring these in for FREE recycling:

• Phone Systems
• PCs
• Laptops
• Servers
• UPSs
• Switches, Hubs & Routers
• Cell Phones
• Electric Motors
• Batteries (Lead Acid & Gel Cell)
• Copper
• Wire
• Brass
• Aluminum

Bring these items in for recycling at 25 cents per pound:

• Monitors (CRT & LCD)
• Televisions
• Printers
• Copiers
• Fax Machines
• Office Electronics
• Keyboard/Mouse, Calculators
• Plastic
• DVD Players
• Batteries (Alkaline, Lithium, Nickel Cadmium, Nickel Metal Hydride)

Limitations:

• There are a small number of items we can’t accept. They are:
• Appliances
• Liquids
• Hazardous Materials
• Pressurized Gasses

We’ll see you Wednesday, June 15, at our location: 6887 Washington Avenue South, Edina, MN 55439. Find us on Google Maps

127 tons of electronic junk… in just 2 months!!

“India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has intercepted five huge containers of old computer parts being dumped illegally in Chennai in just two months. Altogether it has found 127 tonnes of e-waste, much of which contains nickel, mercury and lead and could be linked to environmental damage as well as health concerns for”

read more…

Why are we dumping our old junk on China, India and Africa?  People in my neighborhood complain about a new water tower… Just imagine if someone dumped 127 tons of electronic scrap at the end of the block!!  This has got to stop!!

Source… 23 Aug 2010 14:23 | by a staff writer | posted in Business Read more: http://www.techeye.net/business/chennai-india-being-used-as-e-waste-dumping-ground#ixzz0xipo1mvT

There’s a ton of great information here from the Environmental Science & Technology Journal… following is a brief synopsis from their web site, click the link for further information… good reading for just before bed time… it gets pretty technical… The long and short of it… There are a lot of obsolete computers out there, and the outlook is for an increase.  Environmentally sound recycling practice is a critical issue

E-Scrap 2010: Emerging economies, growing waste stream

Electronic waste (e-waste) has emerged as a new policy priority around the world. Motivations to address e-waste include rapidly growing waste streams, concern over the environmental fate of heavy metals and other substances in e-waste, and impacts of informal recycling in developing countries. Policy responses to global e-waste focus on banning international trade in end-of-life electronics, the premise being that e-waste is mainly generated in the developed world and then exported to the developing world. Sales of electronics have, however, been growing rapidly in developing nations, raising the question of whether informal recycling in developing countries driven by international trade or domestic generation. This paper addresses this question by forecasting the global generation of obsolete personal computers (PCs) using the logistic model and material flow analysis. Results show that the volume of obsolete PCs generated in developing regions will exceed that of developed regions by 2016−2018. By 2030, the obsolete PCs from developing regions will reach 400−700 million units, far more than from developed regions at 200−300 million units. Future policies to mitigate the impacts of informal recycling should address the domestic situation in developing countries.

Source, References and Credits.

RenovoData Services is partnering with The Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce and the Edina Chamber of Commerce to provide Electronics Recycling and Free Hard Drive Shredding at the event.

• When – August 19th 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Where – Grace Church – 9301 Eden Prairie Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 (map)
• What :

1. Recycling of PC’s & Laptops, Cell Phones, Small Printers, Small Office Devices at no charge.
2. Recycling of Monitors, Large Printers, TV’s and small appliances at 35 cents per pound.

This recycling event will take place in support of the E-Shared Partnership Event – Progressive Networking Luncheon…. see details below..

Registration: Click here to Register | or call (952)-944-2830
Price: Members: $25, Non-Members: $40

1. A 60 second commercial about your business
2. A large stack of business card

1295 Drives Shredded This Morning, at the customer’s location… “zero” data breach, “zero” landfill. All in all, I’d say it was a pretty good day!!  – Please call us or click the “quote request” button on the right side of this page.

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