PLAINFIELD, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In light of recent investigative news reports unveiling illegal and unethical shipments of e-waste overseas by a number of companies that claim to recycle electronics, the nation’s leading electronics recycler continues to recycle electronics the right way – as it has been doing now for 14 years.
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronics and IT asset disposition (ITAD) service organization, maintains eight state-of-the-art e-waste recycling centers, including its facility in Plainfield, Indiana.
ERI has been providing comprehensive electronic waste recycling services for Indiana businesses and individuals since 2009 and was the first recycler in the state to be R2 and e-stewards certified.
ERI is also the only NAID-certified e-steward in the state of Indiana that maintains its own glass cleaning, comprehensive shredding and data destruction technology.
ERI was also the recipient of the prestigious 2014 Indiana Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence in the Recycle and Reuse category. It received the award, presented by Governor Mike Pence, for providing efficient, responsible recycling of electronics throughout the state of Indiana.
ERI’s Indiana location is located at 2540 Airwest Blvd. in Plainfield and maintains public e-waste receiving hours Monday through Friday from 8 am – 2 pm. Anyone can easily get information by contacting 1-800-ERI-DIRECT (374-3473).
Earlier this year, as part of its ongoing e-Trash Transparency Project, which installed and deployed more than 200 electronic tracking devices in old computer printers and monitors and then tracked them across the globe, the Basel Action Network (BAN) announced that the tracker data it received revealed a number of recyclers implicated in exporting toxic, non-functional electronic scrap equipment to locations in China in likely violation of Chinese law, recycling certification programs, and state and county policies.
The first report in BAN’s e-Trash Transparency Project, entitled Disconnect, was released on May 9th together with PBS’s NewsHour documentary, “The Circuit.” In the PBS documentary, ERI was the only company highlighted for “doing the right thing” and providing safe, responsible and ethical services. ERI’s innovative technology, dual certified process and green facilities continue to set a high bar of ethics and responsibility while providing Indiana residents and businesses with peace of mind as they themselves try to do the right thing by recycling their electronics.
“The need to get rid of unwanted or outdated consumer electronics is a constant,” said John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of ERI. “So the concurrent needs for environmental responsibility and certified data destruction are more important than ever. We are proud to have been able to help so many of the good people and businesses of Indiana as they do the right thing by recycling their e-waste and keeping toxic electronics out of landfills.”
Shegerian also noted that ERI currently provides the only dually certified nationwide solution offering 100 percent guaranteed data destruction for consumer electronics devices, e-waste, and hardware.
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world's largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, is certified to de-manufacture and recycle every type of electronic waste in an environmentally friendly manner. ERI processes more than 275 million pounds of electronic waste annually at eight locations, serving every zip code in the United States. For more information about e-waste recycling and ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit www.electronicrecyclers.com.