The Environment
Some of the issues facing the environment in the wake of abundant consumer electronics.
Recycling Logistics
CCR, Inc. enlists the use of a wireless automation system that provides serial number tracking in addition to an assorted array of other accounting measures. A series of procedures are followed depending upon the inventories of the initial disposition. Each item is tracked electronically throughout its lifecycle while in the possession of CCR, Inc. The data retrieved is downloaded and validated and Verification Reports are reviewed for accuracy. Data pertaining to accounting is imported to a secured database. Additional reports are run to produce invoices, bills of lading and Certificates of Recycling. A detailed accounting of the items and their final disposition at CCR, Inc. is provided to its clients along with a Certificate of Recycling within a pre-determined period of the inventories arrival to CCR, Inc.
a. Receive/Test/Audit/Sort Process - All inventory collected by CCR, Inc. is evaluated through a multi-step process and tested for serviceability. Each item is tested and any missing and/or defective components are replaced and/or repaired. The refurbished items are then tested a final time. When the items are determined non-usable, the equipment is broken down and recycled to reclaim the materials.
Refurbished machines are recycled back into the market or donated to schools and non-profit organizations. CCR, Inc. has the capability to process approximately 8,000 systems a month, 10,000 monitors, 2000 notebooks, 2000-4000 printers and 4000 TV per month with its current staff and the help of their Joint venture partner 5R processors Ltd. ( WI and TN)
b. Property Tag Removal – CCR, Inc. employs three methods of Property Tag Removal: 1) Single-Edged Razor Blades 2) Heat Guns 3) Chemical Adhesive Removers
c. Data Destruction – CCR, Inc. is keenly sensitive to the delicate nature of confidential information collected by corporations and government entities and acknowledges data destruction is a critical function of the disposition process. CCR, Inc. has the equipment to delete data per the DOD (Department of Defense) 5200.28-STD directive. CCR will never subcontract data destruction or data wiping.
Note: All media disks and tape cassettes are crushed/shredded and recycled as plastic scrap.
All jobs which require Data Destruction or Data wiping are sent directly from the customer’s site to our secure facility regardless of which state the jobs are picked up from. Our security procedures passed an audit by the State of Michigan and we have a written and verbal personnel training process that is auditable.
d. Ability to Provide Certificates of Destruction and Indemnification – CCR, Inc. provides “Certificates of Destruction” when clients request multiple whole units or proto types to be shredded (not to be resold in whole or in parts, under any circumstances). A “Detailed Settlement Reporting” form is provided by CCR, Inc. with serial numbers. CCR, Inc. subcontracts the “shredding” and thereby receives “Certificates of Destruction” from the subcontractor performing the shredding on behalf of CCR, Inc.
e. “Hold Harmless/Indemnification Agreements” signed by CCR, Inc. are made available upon request. “Certificates of Liability” insurance are provided to the client when CCR, Inc. performs the electronic equipment “takeout” on site.
Quality Statement
Quality Commitment
The goal of Classic Computer Recovery is to:
Cost effectively avoid sending any electronics to landfills.
Educate businesses and schools about how inexpensive it can be
and/or to
show them how to recover some costs at the end of the life cycle for their equipment.
Re-invent a “Cost” model that the industry can use as the new
standard in Electronic Recycling.
CCR, Inc., has gained an impressive reputation and track record in its tenure with the technology recycling industry. CCR, Inc. believes in accountability and has charged itself with the responsibility of educating consumers and the business community on the importance of being pro-active with electronic recycling, remarketing and refurbishing. CCR, Inc., through its services and programs, has demonstrated time and again that the cost of recycling can be done inexpensively and at a high return in preserving our environment by keeping these items from reaching landfills.
Quality Enhancement
Classic
Computer Recovery is committed to continually improving our quality
standards.
Due to the large volumes of electronic recycling, reuse, and remarketing that CCR, Inc. collects yearly, we are considered a Universal Waste Handler. As a result, CCR, Inc. obtained a DEQ permit #MIK548775816, for the State of Michigan. The DEQ is the Department of Environmental Quality which is the equivalent of the same government organization as the Environmental Protection Agency that other states have. Additionally, CCR, Inc. holds Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) license #: 9261635507.
CCR also has a Pollution Insurance policy in place and automatically provides “hold harmless” agreements and/or certificates of liability insurance for customers where CCR is doing work on their premise.
In conclusion, CCR’s Certificates of Recycling and Destruction provided to all their customers with attached serial # listings of every lead based glass item and every computer not only gives their customers assurance that CCR is taking responsibility for proper handling of their assets, but it also provides the Federal Electronics Challenge initiative with quality statistical data on the weights and pieces counts of all electronic item categories being kept out of landfills.
End Markets
CCR
Inc.'s standard business practice is to issue "Certificates of
Recycling" with reports that include serial numbers and all
supporting documentation for every electronic item collected by CCR
Inc. Additionally, CCR Inc. recycles every item, without exception,
to uphold our 0% landfill policy. No materials are sent from CCR
Inc. to landfills. However, all Plastics Recyclers admit that some
portions of the plastics go to landfills after they have been
processed and shredded. Note: Certificates of Destruction are only
issued when clients request specific items to be destroyed or
shredded with no possibility of any part or component being resold.
a. Value Recovery/Remarketing of Whole Units: systems, notebooks, monitors. & laser printers. These are items of value that remain as whole units that we receive in whole unit form, and are tested working by CCR technicians. Whole units get resold to the United States, Mexico, Europe, Canada & third world countries such as South America, Africa, Indonesia, Central America, India and Pakistan. CCR's number one priority with recycling computer equipment is to refurbish all units in their original form so they can be resold as whole tested working units to other countries. This is the main function of CCR.
b. Parts Harvesting - Systems, printers and notebooks that do not test good as whole units are tested for good parts and then are de-manufactured so that the individual parts that are tested working get resold to numerous dealers and brokers in the United States. Most of the parts that are harvested are resold in the United States.
c. Scrap - Scrap is anything that can NOT be resold as whole or parts. These items gets de-manufactured and sorted by individual product categories ie. cable & wire, metal, circuit boards, plastic etc.. These scrap items get resold to our downstream partners in the United States. See attached - Exhibit C for a listing of our downstream partners.
d. Redeployment - CCR Inc. provides this service on a per-unit basis fee. The same wireless automation tracking and reporting used for recycling is also used for re-deployment. CCR Inc. is not a systems integrator, therefore, equipment is not re-installed for the client on a network; however CCR takes care of the reporting, tracking, storage, freight and hauling back to U.S. based locations that our client chooses. All of the redeployment stays in the U.S.
e. Return-to-Lessor - CCR Inc. provides this service on a per-unit basis doing diagnostics checks, specs, and repackaging the units for resale by the Lessor. CCR Inc. also provides the reporting, tracking, storage, freight and hauling. These clients are all United States based, so the product remains in the U.S.
