A new Pa. recycling law that bans electronic waste from going into landfills is helping recycling company eLoop expand across the state.
The Murraysville-based, full-service recycler and handler of disposed electronic components has established four eCyling Collection Centers in addition to its “Demanufacturing Center” in Plum Industrial Court. The Plum location was expanded last year to a 10,000 square-foot space across the street says Ned Eldridge, president.
eLoop will be expanding its recycling network with centers in State College, Harrisburg and Lancaster. The company is one of two recyclers in the region committed to sustainable practices through the Basel Action Netork (BAN); the other is A. GreenSpan Computer Recycling Inc. in Sharpsburg.
“This recycling industry growth is going to create a lot of jobs within Pennsylvania,” says Eldridge. “These four locations (in the state) will create 15 to 20 jobs per location. We’ll be serving the county’s solid waste departments so they will have a convenient and reliable solid waste recycler. More and more counties will be getting involved.”
This past January the “Covered Devices Recycling Act” went into effect, helping to accelerate the growth of reliable e-waste recyclers, says Nedridge. The law not only prohibits e-waste from going into landfills, but by January 2012 retailers will be required to put a recycling plan into place for the disposal of electronics containing hazardous materials.
As a result, many corporations are becoming better educated and looking for recyclers who have a “vetted downstream,” says Eldridge.
eLoop and A. GreenSpan Computer Recycling are the only local recyclers who meet the high standards of BAN, a Seattle-based nonprofit that actively promotes responsible recycling and tracks hazardous waste dumping around the world. eLoop also is certified by the National Association of Information Destruction (NAID) to handle document and electronic information destruction.
“I’ve personally visited and audited (the recycling loop) and that brings a lot of credibility to what we’re doing,” says Eldridge.
Source: Ned Eldridge, eLoop
Writer: Deb Smit
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