NERC awards Sadoff E-Recycling & Data Destruction grant for certification

The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC), Brattleboro, Vermont, has awarded Sadoff E-Recycling & Data Destruction of Omaha, Nebraska, a grant in support of its efforts to become a certified electronics recycler.

The grant, which was funded by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), will allow Sadoff to become the second recycler in Omaha to be certified to the Responsible Recycling Practices (R2) Standard and only the third in Nebraska, NERC says.

“We are excited to receive this grant as it allows us to achieve certification to the R2 standard,” Markus McDonell, quality and management systems manager, Sadoff E-Recycling & Data Destruction, says. “This achievement will allow us to grow our business in Nebraska, which will result in a greater positive environmental impact for the safe and secure recycling of electronics throughout the state and region.”

The grant is a component of a comprehensive capacity building program in Nebraska that was initiated to support the responsible recycling of electronics in the state.  Ensuring that electronics recycling facilities are operated with the highest degree of worker health and safety, environmental protections, data security and compliance with all laws is essential to a sustainable and high-quality operation, NERC says.

“When the program began in 2017, there were no certified electronics recyclers in Nebraska,” says Lynn Rubinstein, executive director, NERC. “Fortunately, CTA saw an opportunity to enhance the management and recycling of electronics through training and grants. This is the first grant to be awarded, and we anticipate one more will be presented to an electronics recycler in Nebraska that is successfully moving towards certification.”

Sadoff E-Recycling & Data Destruction, with nine locations in Nebraska and Wisconsin, is a business unit of Sadoff Iron & Metal Co., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

CTA, Arlington, Virginia, is the trade association representing the U.S. consumer technology industry, which supports more than 15 million U.S. jobs.

NERC is a nonprofit organization that conducts research, projects, training and outreach on issues associated with source reduction, reuse, recycling, composting and environmentally preferable purchasing.