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ABC 13 News - Clive Hess and CompuCycle Featured in ECycling Story
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CompuCycle and Easter Seals Greater Houston Join Together for Sustainability Initiative
HOUSTON, TX- (April 10, 2012) -
CompuCycle, Houston’s premier electronics recycling company and Easter Seals Greater Houston, the local non-profit organization benefitting individuals in Houston living with disabilities, have partnered to provide sustainable employment opportunities and computer proficiency training to citizens living with a disability.
Through the new initiative, corporations will donate their electronic waste to Easter Seals Greater Houston; in contract with CompuCycle, all donated product will be collected, audited and safely processed in order to fund a long-term training and employment program. CompuCycle will be providing permanent employment positions to Easter Seals Greater Houston’s clients and Easter Seals will provide initial training courses to its clients to teach necessary job skills including recycling, refurbishing computers and electronic products, and basic computer proficiency. Eventually, CompuCycle hopes to expand this program on a national level.
CompuCycle is an R2 and ISO 14001:2004 certified, responsible electronics recycling company providing safe, secure and certified recycling and data destruction to Houstonians. Easter Seals Greater Houston offers a range of services to infants, adults, and families with disabilities, including employment preparedness and training.
Easter Seals Greater Houston CEO, Elise Hough, was thrilled to find a partner in CompuCycle. “Our clients have a difficult time finding employment, and often, an even harder time maintaining these jobs. What’s most exciting for us is that through comprehensive training, our clients will have job skills that aren’t only applicable to their work at CompuCycle, but for the rest of their lives.”
“CompuCycle is excited to begin a new journey with Easter Seals; the program is truly a win-win for everyone,” said Clive Hess, president of CompuCycle. “Corporations can responsibly dispose of equipment that they no longer need, or don’t know what to do with, using CompuCycle, a certified company, to safely refurbish the equipment. Through dropping off these goods with us, these businesses are also simultaneously donating to a terrific initiative, and helping to create jobs for employable people living with a with disability.”
CompuCycle and Easter Seals representatives will be actively seeking corporate electronic waste donations in place of a grant or cash donation, in order to provide the capital to fund and maintain the program. Initially, all corporate donations will be processed by CompuCycle who will then donate net proceeds from the equipment to the program in lieu of paying these fees back to the corporation. These funds will directly benefit this newly created program and will allow for training courses to be developed for future expansion. This program is offering a valuable service to businesses while also supporting corporate social responsibility and sustainability programs.
For more information on how businesses are donating surplus or end-of-life electronics to the Easter Seals Greater Houston and CompuCycle partnership, and thus, contributing to the larger “What If” Campaign please contact Sara Speer at 713-301-0338 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . For a list of accepted products, please visit the CompuCycle website.
CompuCycle is awarded the Ebby Halliday and Maurice Acers Business and Industry Recycling Award by Keep Texas Beautiful!!
Click here to learn more about this awesome group of award winning recyclers!
Thank you KTB!
CompuCycle Receives ISO 14001:2004 Certification!
Premier Electronic Recycling Company Earns Environmental Management Certification
CompuCycle Ensures Responsible, Safe, and Secure Recycling with ISO 14001:2004 Certification
HOUSTON (February 28, 2012) - CompuCycle, the first Houston-based company to be awarded R2-Certification for responsible electronic recycling practices in January 2011, recently became the first electronic recycling company in Houston to earn an ISO 14001:2004 Certification.
ISO 14000:2004 is the standard for environmental management to help organizations minimize their processes that could potentially have a negative impact on the environment, while complying with applicable laws, regulations, and environmental requirements. CompuCycle has earned ISO 14001:2004 specifically as a provider of electronic recycling services, focused on refurbishing products for re-use and environmentally compliant disposal. ISO 14001:2004 is part of a family of standards established by the International Organization for Standardization. This voluntary certification requires annual audits by a third-party organization; CompuCycle was audited and approved by Perry Johnson Registrars in February 2012.
“Certification is the safeguard for companies interested in recycling their electronic equipment responsibly and destroying their internal data permanently; certification guarantees that products are not irresponsibly exported or landfilled,” said Clive Hess, president of CompuCycle. “We are acquiring all necessary certifications in order to continuously provide sustainable and secure services.”
CompuCycle has provided responsible, safe and secure recycling services to Houston corporations for over 14 years. CompuCycle is the approved electronic recycling vendor for the Houston-Galveston Area Council and is a permanent City of Houston recycling center, accepting electronics from the public six days a week.
CompuCycle Wins Swamplot's Most Notable Recycling Effort!
CompuCycle was nominated in December for Swamplots Most Notable Recycling Effort of 2011! The winners were announced on December 30, 2011 and CompuCycle is honored to be named the Most Notable Recycling Effort by Swamplot! See all of the Swamplot award winners here!
Fox 26 Reporter Ned Hibberd Visits CompuCycle
CompuCycle was recently featured on Fox 26 News at 9pm with Ned Hibberd! Ned came and toured our facility just before the holidays to remind people that after unwrapping the new technologies under the tree, be sure and bring your old ones to CompuCycle! Marina Coryat with the City of Houston was also onsite to promote Houston's permanent electronic recycling drop-off facility at CompuCycle's warehouse.
City of Houston & CompuCycle Press Release:
On September 26, 2011 CompuCycle became a permanent City of Houston electronic recycling drop-off facility! Mayor Annise Parker along with other City of Houston employees and media representatives came and toured CompuCycle's recycling and refurbishing facility.
CITY OF HOUSTON AND COMPUCYCLE ADD PERMANENT RECYCLING DROP-OFF SITE AND ONE DAY EVENTS FOR ELECTRONICS
September 26, 2011 -- Houston Mayor Annise D. Parker, District A City Council Member Brenda Stardig, the City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) and CompuCycle announced the addition of a permanent electronics recycling drop-off site for Houstonians to recycle their electronics responsibly at the CompuCycle building located at 7700 Kempwood. The partnership between the City and CompuCycle also provides monthly one -day collection events on Saturdays at three City of Houston recycling centers beginning October 8th.
“A huge amount of electronics are being disposed of improperly,” said Mayor Parker. “Here’s a convenient solution. I urge Houstonians to help our environment by taking advantage of it.”
Recycling electronics keeps potentially harmful materials, such as mercury, cadmium, lead, and cathode ray tubes out of the waste stream and the environment.
“We are constantly looking at ways to expand recycling opportunities for the residents of Houston. We are pleased to partner with CompuCycle in this program,” added SWMD Director Harry Hayes. “The goals established by Mayor Parker as she chaired the Solid Waste Task Force continue to be met in a smart and business practical manner. CompuCycle is to be lauded for its responsible community leadership partnering with the City to manage used computer and electronic commodities.”
“Houston residents should rest assured that their computers will be properly handled for recycling or refurbishing,” said Clive Hess, CompuCycle President. “CompuCycle is the first R2 certified, locally owned company in Houston. In addition to rigorous audits, the R2 certification requires that all hard drives are either destroyed through the industrial strength hard drive shredder or undergoes a standard three-pass wipe through United States Department of Defense compliant data erasure software that removes all partitions, tables and drive formats,” added Hess.
Items accepted:
PCs, servers, keyboards, mice, laptops, game consoles, monitors, small kitchen appliances, memory chips, hubs and routers, printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines, projectors, rechargeable batteries, cable boxes, car batteries, telephones, cell phones, PDAs, tape drives, hard drives, cords, cables and cameras.
“I am glad to see that there is a new, permanent location for Houstonians to recycle their electronic devices, located conveniently in District A. Recycling electronics keeps large amounts of waste out of landfills and I am thankful for The Solid Waste Department and CompuCycle’s efforts to make Houston a ‘greener’ city,” said District A City Council Member Brenda Stardig.
Permanent drop-off site:
The permanent location is 7700 Kempwood, Houston TX 77055 in the Spring Branch area. It is open Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm. In addition to electronics recycling, this is now a drop-off for common household recyclables such as paper, plastics, and aluminum.
Once a month drop-off sites:
Beginning October 8, 2011, the monthly Saturday electronics recycling events will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the:
- Kingwood Metro Transit Center (1st Saturday of the month) 3210 W. Lake Houston Parkway
- Ellington/Clear Lake Neighborhood Recycling Center (2nd Saturday of the month), Highway 3 @ Brantly Avenue
- Center Street Recycling Center (3rd Saturday of the month) 3602 Center Street.
“We appreciate the City of Houston adding this great amenity to our district,” said Council Member Mike Sullivan. “This is a great service to the residents of District E who have always expressed an interest in recycling.”
For more information, visit www.houstonsolidwaste.org or call 3-1-1, the City’s Customer Service Hotline.
