Tech Dump

Tech Dump, a division of Jobs Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing job training and practical experience for adults facing barriers to employment that prepares them to be more valuable employees with an expanding future.SP Ribbon cutting-01-cropped

We know there are many other Twin Cities recycling services you can choose from. However, we invite you to partner with us at Tech Dump as we work hard to:

• Protect the environment
• Provide secure, responsible & free electronic recycling
• Create reliable jobs that provide dignity and a pathway to independence for our program participants

Our recycling services are available for both homes and businesses and with certain items we’ll offer you a free pick-up. In addition, we will give you a tax-deductible receipt for the items you donate.

Tech Dump is a also a proud co-founder of Impact Recyclers, the largest national network of social enterprise, certified electronics recyclers. Together, members of Impact Recyclers offer IT asset management and certified electronics recycling services while providing meaningful work for people who face barriers to employment.When you recycle your electronics with Tech Dump, you are truly making the world a better place for all of us.

Responsible Recycling: Recycle your assets confidently.

Here at Tech Dump we’re proud to be R2 (Responsible Recycling) Certified, a 3rd party audit of all of our process and procedures. We hold ourselves to high standards to keep the earth, our employees, and your data safe and secure. All of your ready-to-be-recycled devices are processed right here in the United States – and this includes CRTs, too. We never ever export unprocessed materials out of the United States for disposal.

It’s our hope to keep disposal rates at a minimum and that’s why we make every effort to REUSE your old electronics when it’s appropriate and possible. You can rest assured that your data security is our primary concern. Check out our data security practices to learn more about our secure data destruction procedures.We keep data, our employees, and the environment safe– you can read more in our Environmental, Health, & Safety Policy.

We keep it clean and green - Since the very beginning, it’s been our policy to prevent any polluting of our environment. We are continually evaluating our processes for cleaner and greener environmental impact alternatives.

Our standards for everyone- All of our downstream vendors are closely evaluated according to Tech Dump’s voluntary standard of requirements. We only work with vendors in the Midwest who comply with our strict requirements, which includes an R2 or e-Stewards certification.

Corporate Asset Disposition Services

Tech Dump Electronics Recycling is committed to the highest industry standards for asset disposition, and we are proud to be a NAID member and R2 (Responsible Recycling) Certified.We will customize an asset management plan that meets your corporate objectives and keeps your company fully compliant. Our secure data sanitization and destruction process is continually tested and audited to guarantee that your data remains confidential and recycled components are processed responsibly.

We work hard to make our asset disposition process as straightforward as possible. Tech Dump accepts nearly all electronics with a cable, cord, or battery, with most items for free. We even offer a free pick-up with at least 20 computers (laptops, desktops, or servers).

Data Security: Destroying your information, the right way.

As an R2-certified company and NAID Member, Tech Dump has undergone extensive third-party auditing to ensure that our data destruction processes are effective and secure.Your information security is a primary concern for us. We promise that your information remains yours – and only yours. From the moment they enter our custody, hard drives and other data storage devices are handled with the utmost care to ensure data security. Our facilities are monitored via closed circuit camera system 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our processes are compliant to HIPAA and Department of Defense data sanitization and physical destruction requirements. And you don’t have to just take our word for it– we have been third-party certified to verify our process.

Get your very own Certificate.

Have a device that requires a Certificate of either Destruction or Sanitization? We label your device right on-site, and then the items are counted and tracked. Within 5 business days, a report will be issued to your email inbox providing the verification of data destruction. None of us like hidden, sneaky small fees, so that’s why we’re telling you now: