Ethical Electronics Recycling
American Retroworks Inc. is a nationally-recognized electronics recycling company, consulting office, and a respected expert in "Fair Trade Recycling". We operate Good Point Recycling, one of the region's leading "e-waste" recycling operations, based in Middlebury, Vermont.
We service Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island from our Vermont headquarters, and the southwest from our Arizona warehouse. From laptop credits to "ewaste" disposal, our recycling services are respected, vetted, economical, legal, and guaranteed.
- CRT and LCD Recycling
- Municipal collection trailers
- Special "E-Waste" Event Recycling
- Commercial business collections
- Hard drive erasure and destruction services
We provide free TV and PC recycling, computer refurbishing, job training, and the best environmental practices. We credit for newer items, charge to recycle of end-of-life items, and accept clean scrap for free. We offer rapid and convenient service to banks, hospitals and colleges, cities and towns, schools and residents seeking sensible solutions for their surplus electronics
Our Process
We reward clients who don't scavenge. When the loads come in as is, we know how to find reuse markets for roughly 10% of the products. The revenues from reuse lower the costs of properly recycling the bad items.
The "bad items" are demanufactured - taken apart, screw-by-screw. Tough CRTs are usually outsourced to one of the state contracted CRT glass recycling companies. We only send CRT glass to companies under state, federal, or OEM contract. Our end markets are contractually bound, preferably with the weight of an Attorney General behind the contract.
The "good items" generate 10 times or more the value of scrap. They are sold to repair and refurbishing houses, or to the original manufacturing factories worldwide.
AMERICAN RETROWORKS INC. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
It is the policy of ARI to operate its business as a sound environmental corporate citizen in compliance with Vermont, Federal, and International Law, and continually improve the overall system. Our goal is to ensure that company facilities and operations are in compliance with federal, state and local environmental standards as well as civil law contract standards under procurement we have been awarded. We believe that balance can and should be sustained between environmental goals and economic health. We intend to be a leader in responsible environmental management throughout our industries. The environmental management systems will define objectives and targets for the prevention and reduction of pollution associated with handling end-of-life electronics and related processes, as well as reuse and repair, to safeguard adverse impact on the environment. This requires each ARI employee to participate in and accept responsibility for achieving the following objectives:
All ARI facilities will
Operate in an environmentally responsible manner and in compliance with environmental laws and regulations
Minimize or eliminate waste generation and emissions released to air, water & land
Ensure protection of the environment through the promotion of efficient recycling & reuse practices
Promote and encourage worker health and safety
To the extent that it is possible and/or required by contract, law, or internal policy, these objectives also apply to downstream vendors and processes. Good Point Recycling would like to foster a safe, healthy environment, for our employees are is committed to preventing injury or illness as a result of its business practices. In addition, we strive to ensure that our vendors do likewise. We believe that the most important component to running a responsible business is to encourage a culture of openness. Our EHS policies are shaped by this goal of transparency and communication at every level of operation. Collecting and making use of EHS data is also very important. GPR is working hard to strong measures and systems to build a base of knowledge on which to act. We will ensure a hierarchy of reuse, recovery, and disposal for our clients.
Specific strategies ARI has engaged in to meet the above objectives include our Fair Trade Recycling initiative, as well as R2 Certification. Our Fair Trade Recycling Initiative was created to address the “reuse, recover, dispose” hierarchy. Our process addresses the conflict that arises between market demand abroad and potential polluting practices from recycling in poorly regulated parts of the world. R2 Certification represents a commitment by ARI to developing a certified EHSMS, as well as due diligence in tracking FM through our facility to their final disposition. This policy will be communicated to all parties interested in the performance of our environmental management system.
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