Colorado State Agency Releases Report on Computer Recycling

The state of Colorado’s Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation produced a report that summarizes the department’s co-sponsoring of 15 statewide computer collection events last year.

The report is called "Colorado Computer Recycling Collection Events," which summarizes the issues, efforts and data discovered during the processes of planning and executing these events. (Click here to access the report)

"OEMC wanted to help Colorado citizens and businesses better understand the implications of a growing waste stream by examining market conditions, infrastructure needs and community interest," said Rick Grice, director of OEMC. "OEMC's goals in these collection events were to increase electronic waste awareness and to divert as much material as possible to recycling or reuse instead of landfills."

Approximately 1,000 households and 200 small businesses and local governments participated in the OEMC sponsored computer collection events. A total of 357,216 pounds of unwanted computer equipment were collected for recycling and reuse.

OEMC helped establish vendor relationships between vendors and local communities. OEMC's competitive bid process selected two vendors to provide collection and recycling services. Waste-Not Recycling of Pierce, Colorado, managed four events. Recycle America Alliance-eCycling Services, the subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc. that handles electronics recycling, managed 10 collection events.