Consumer Trade-In Program
About the Program
GreenSight works with national retailers helping them to offer
and operate a consumer electronics trade-in and recycle program. Our goal is to
facilitate the trade-in and recycling of used consumer electronics that may
still contain value or have exceeded their useful life and no longer contain
value in today's used consumer electronics market.
Our trade-in program is designed to help the retailer offer some value for more
current consumer electronic products and a safe recycling path for older or
defective products.
Items that are submitted for trade-in may be disassembled and the major
components used as spare parts to repair similar consumer electronic products
still in service. The remaining components, along with items that are turned in
strictly for recycle, are further disassembled and refined for use in the
manufacture of new products. Either way, our objective is to maximize the
useful life and value of your used consumer electronic product.
Data Security and Destruction
In addition to recycling used electronic products, GreenSight offers the most
advanced methods for sanitizing data from, or completely destroying, PC
desktop, laptop and server hard drives.
GreenSight complies with the highest standards for sanitizing electronic data
by using "Active Kill Disk" software which adheres to the U.S. Department of
Defense (DOD 5220.22-M Sanitization Schedule) standards. This data sanitation
utility optimizes the hard drive wiping process by performing three passes
which overwrite random characters across the drive platters, rendering the data
irretrievable by standard recovery methods. This "Three Pass DOD" sanitation
can be employed on all IDE/SCSI drives of any size, and complies with the U.S.
Government data erasure standards for all secret, sensitive and classified
information.
Hard drives that are not capable of running the "Active Kill Disk" software are
destroyed using a hard drive crushing device that has the capability of boring
a 2.5 inch diameter hole through the drive and all of its platters, rendering
the data on the drives irretrievable.
Definition of Electronic Waste (E-Waste)
Electronic waste, or E-waste, includes technology equipment, consumer
electronics, cell phones and other electronic items that are considered to be
at the end of their useful lives and have been discarded by their owners.
In recent years, the volume of E-waste both in the United States and abroad has
grown dramatically - almost one billion personal computers alone will be
replaced worldwide by the end of the decade.
If not processed properly, E-waste becomes a major source of toxins and
carcinogens and may contain such hazardous materials as lead, mercury and
cadmium. Despite its common classification as waste, discarded electronics
contain a residual value in the de-manufacture, reuse and downstream material
recycling of its constituent raw materials.