Wisconsin awards electronics recycling contract to Cascade Asset Management

The Wisconsin Department of Administration has awarded a 24-month electronics recycling contract to Cascade Asset Management. The company says it will provide e-Stewards- and National Association for Information Destruction- (NAID-) certified recycling of electronics and IT (information technology) asset disposal services to state agencies, municipalities, tribal governments and public schools throughout Wisconsin.

The contract scope, terms and pricing are posted on the state’s VendorNet system, http://vendornet.state.wi.us/vendornet/default.asp. Additional details are posted on Cascade’s website at www.cascade-assets.com/wi.

Cascade says its industry certifications, past performance and proposed solution met Wisconsin’s bid requirements, resulting in the contract.

“Cascade is honored to have been selected to expand our IT asset disposition services to state agencies and municipalities through this contract award,” says Neil Peters-Michaud, Cascade CEO. “This contract will help to create more jobs in Wisconsin, will promote environmental stewardship through the reuse and recycling of waste electronics and will generate more money back to taxpayers through our revenue sharing program.”

Cascade says it offers businesses and institutions a secure, environmentally responsible and cost-effective method for disposing of their unwanted IT assets. The company operates from more than 60,000 square feet of production space at plants in Madison, Wisconsin, and Indianapolis. Cascade is certified by the Department of Administration as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and has collected and refurbished or recycled more than 84 million pounds of electronics since it opened in 1999. The company has been recognized as an industry “visionary” on the Gartner IT Asset Disposition Magic Quadrant.  

All of Cascade’s facilities are NAID and e-Stewards certified, providing a third-party assurance that equipment is handled according to the most stringent standards for data security and environmental responsibility, the company says.