In light of recent investigative news reports unveiling illegal and unethical shipments of e-waste overseas by Washington state-based recyclers of electronics, the nation\u2019s leading electronics recycler is stepping up to the plate for Washingtonians.<\/p>\n
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation\u2019s leading recycler of electronics and IT asset disposition (ITAD) service organization, maintains eight state-of-the-art e-waste recycling centers, including one in Sumner, Washington.<\/p>\n
ERI has been providing comprehensive electronic waste recycling services for Washington State businesses and individuals since 2009 and was the first recycler in the state to be R2 an<\/em>d BAN certified. ERI is also the onl<\/em>y BAN e-stewards certified recycler in the Washington Materials Management and Financing Authority program. In fact, ERI is the only certified e-steward in the entire state of Washington that maintains its own glass cleaning, comprehensive shredding and data destruction technology in-house.<\/p>\n ERI recently moved its Washington location from Auburn to a larger facility in Sumner to accommodate growth and demand. ERI\u2019s Sumner location is located at 3901 150th Ave. Ct. East, Suite 200 and maintains public e-waste receiving hours Monday through Friday from 8 am \u2013 3 pm. Anyone can easily get information by contacting 1-800-ERI-DIRECT (374-3473).<\/p>\n Earlier this year, as part of its ongoing e-Trash Transparency Project, which installed and deployed more than 200 electronic tracking devices in old computer printers and monitors and then tracked them across the globe, the Basel Action Network (BAN) announced that the tracker data it received revealed a number of Washington State recyclers implicated in exporting toxic, non-functional electronic scrap equipment to locations in China in likely violation of Chinese law, recycling certification programs, and state and county policies.<\/p>\n