Computer equipment recycling

Every day, S3 tackles a growing problem that affects most industrialized countries: the explosion in electronic waste. Computers represent a larger portion of landfills every year and the toxic waste contained in computer parts is a significant threat to the environment and to our health.

S3 is doing its part by encouraging the proper disposal of computers through two annual e-waste collections. We encourage our customers to keep their old computers, monitors and servers until we arrive. We visit clients twice a year, collect their electronic waste, and transport it recycling and disposal center.

This e-waste collection serves two purposes:

• S3 ensures that viable parts are recycled into refurbished computers and that obsolete parts are transformed into raw materials that can be used in different industries.
• S3 also facilitates the recycling of corporate computers by offering free data removal to client who want to donate their old computers.

For more information on the recycling e-waste, see the follwing:

• There's life left in that old computer - Recycling parts cuts waste sent to landfills - Times Colonist (Victoria) 2008
• Old Computers and Toxic Waste - The University of British Columbia
• Dealing with toxic computer waste - BBC
• High-Tech Trash - National Geographic Society
• Hi-Tech: Highly toxic - Greenpeace
• Computer Recycling - Wikipedia