E-WASTE

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Brass Valley represents the only organization in the US that uses a risk management model which assumes the environmental, legal, and financial responsibility associated with electronic disposition. We work with companies that are risk averse and seeking to avoid costly litigation, fines, and reputation damage while insuring compliance with laws like RCRA, CERCLA and SARA that effect data security, software licensing, federal and environmental compliance.

Did you know that if your company does the following with your computer equipment that you may be risking having penalties applied to your company by Federal, State, and Local regulations, compromising your company’s data security, incurring legal and insurance expenses, damage to your corporate reputation, and being fined by the EPA??

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With all these scenarios, the EPA may still define your company as the "Generator of Waste" and would pursue your company in the event that one of your Monitors or the like was found in a landfill. Even if ownership was transferred to a recycler, reseller or non-profit organization- you are still liable. Remember it isn’t what you do with old computers that matters in these situations, it is where it ends up in 4 years from the people that have it then.

Most companies are not aware of how exposed they are with the traditional methods of removing surplus computer equipment. However, as companies increasingly strive to be environmentally responsible, and are also increasingly risk averse, they are beginning to learn that the old ways of disposing of surplus computer equipment are no longer adequate to address the potential risk of being named in pollution lawsuit or an event involving Data Security, Software Licensing or Legal Action.

Most COMPUTER RECYCLING/COMPUTER DISPOSAL companies take care of asset tracking and disposition / COMPUTER DISPOSAL, but NO ONE ELSE builds a legal firewall between you and potential litigation with various entities including the EPA. If you use COMPUTER DONATIONS or COMPUTER LIQUIDATION / LIQUIDATORS and the individuals that get your computers dump the used materials inappropriately, the e-waste can be traced back to the original owner: YOU!

YOU would be liable for the contamination clean up as well as FINES. RCRA section 7003 holds Executives of the company personally liable for such actions.

If you would like to set up a quick, to the point, web-demo to learn about our Process that can assist in your COMPUTER RECYCLING process,
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Remember if you do the following today, you are at risk for being named in a lawsuit from the EPA.

You are still defined as the generator of waste by the EPA if your company uses the following methods to dispose of surplus computer equipment….

Learn more about how you can stay in compliance with Federal/State guidelines, Data Security laws, Software Licensing laws, RCRA, CERCLA, SARA and EPA Regulations- with our 20 minute web demo. This will allow you to take your E-Waste (electronic waste) including- Computer Disposal, Monitors Disposal, industry specific electronics (like testing and monitoring equipment) etc. and perform computer recycling with us in a manner that will protect you from potential liability.