Specifications

1.Manual_Chap4_Recycling.doc Prepared by Resource Management Group, Inc.
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4.0 Recycling
The National Safety Council has projected that, by the year 2005, PCs will be
retired at a rate of more than 63 million a year. Toxic materials like lead, mercury and
arsenic can leak into groundwater from electronics dumped in landfills, or pollute the air
when incinerated with other waste. Improper disposal of electronics is now a violation of
Florida’s hazardous waste regulations.
What cannot be resold must be recycled. Triage and technical choices mean that a
large proportion of donated equipment must be disposed of, and done so properly.
A recycling vendor must be selected to take unsold equipment away to be further
de-manufactured. Pallets must be prepared carefully in order to meet specifications of the
recycling vendor when they come to pick them up.
The recycling space must be large enough for at least a dozen pallets and the
pallets clearly labeled with unique numbers that will increase over time. In this program,
we used a number and letter combination: 1A, 1B, 1C, … ,1Z, 2A, 2B, and so on. This
accounting system allows for large volumes over time without repetition. Simpler
accounting systems were considered, including simple numeric: 1,2,3, and so on.
Full pallets in the recycling area to the rear of the processing facility.
4.1 Documents
 Pallet Sheet
 Recycling Work Order / Receipt
 Recycling Invoice
 Vendor Certificate of Destruction