Metech Recycling Announces Partnership with Sony Electronics

The electronics recycling firm Metech Recycling has established a partnership with Sony Electronics to handle the processing of electronics through the consumer electronics firm’s national Take Back Recycling Program. According to a Metech release, Sony will cover the cost of recycling up to five Sony-branded consumer electronics per customer, per day, at Metech Recycling’s facilities.

Metech Recycling operates seven drop-off sites in California, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, North Carolina and Massachusetts.

“Sony’s goal is to collect one pound of electronics for every pound it produces,” says Robert Benavent, Sony Electronic’s engineer, Corporate Environment, Safety and Health. “Adding seven more collection sites will give consumers more opportunities to recycle and bring us closer to that target.”

Metech Recycling, a founding e-Steward of the Basel Action Network, is ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified. The company says that all materials are sorted by plastic, metal, circuit boards, wire, etc. The materials are processed and reintroduced to the manufacturing process as raw materials. Metech Recycling guarantees that it will not landfill or export hazardous electronics waste material. All hard drives on systems that are recycled are shredded, ensuring data security.

Metech Recycling is owned by Centillion Environmental and Recycling Ltd., based in Singapore. Centillion is a fully integrated provider of recycling and precious metals processing services for electronic waste with a presence in the US, Europe and Asia.