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GreenTech Lead Team: U.S. Micro Corporation, a major innovator in
enterprise IT recycling, announced the official opening of its brand new
next-generation IT recycling and distribution center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The $20
million, 130,000 sq. ft. facility enables U.S. Micro to offer customers an
industry leading closed-loop process, from the securing of retired IT equipment
and data destruction at the customer’s site to reselling or recycling.
The
company anticipates rapid increase in demand for data destruction and
electronics recycling across the $5 billion U.S. industry.
U.S. Micro has
the capacity to disposes more than one million pieces of IT equipment annually.
The company refurbishes and sells approximately 90 percent of the IT equipment
it processes; the remaining 10 percent is EPA-compliantly recycled.
U.S.
Micro warns that the proliferation of data-rich devices in the workplace poses
significant security and environmental challenges for companies.
“Companies
need to be concerned about what happens to their retired IT assets. They must
consider the impact on their reputation and ultimately their pocketbook if data
is lost or if old equipment is thrown into a landfill. Too few top executives
are aware of how important managing end-of-life IT issues is to their company,”
said Jim
Kegley, founder, president and CEO of U.S. Micro.