E-Scrap Recycler Adds New Equipment

A Hudson, N.H., company, RST Reclaiming, has officially began operating a new piece of machinery that will allow the company to do more processing of computer monitors.

Before installing the new equipment the company had been shipping out the monitors to another facility for processing. However, the new equipment will allow the company to process as much as 300 monitors an hour, although the company expects the processing to only operate intermittently, depending on the number of monitors it has on hand.

According to published reports the equipment cost $300,000, and it took several years to order and install.

According to Lucille Krakowski, a spokeswoman for RST, the company will remove the electric cord and strip and bale the plastic casing for the monitors. The glass from the monitored will be processed, and then sent to another facility where the lead from the glass will be extracted.

The company also has worked very aggressively to ensure that the operations meet all health and safety standards. Also, Krakowski notes that the company will be working with larger computer companies such as Hewlett Packard and IBM, two companies that have invested a significant amount of time and money to develop a recycling approach to their obsolete and old equipment.

In addition to computer parts, RST also recycles electronics components, such as resistors and diodes; precious and non-ferrous metals, including gold, silver and platinum; and wire and cable.