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As of April 1st, Tech Wreckers Inc receives exclusive recycling designation as 1 of 9 Approved Transporters under Stewardship Ontario’s Battery Incentive Program (BIP). This allows us to work directly with the Stewardship on collecting, sorting a remitting single-use batteries for recycling in Ontario.

The BIP program is very complementary addition to our recycling portfolio.� Simple and straight forward, all our existing E-waste recycling clients can easily add� battery recycling services to our regular pickups with a variety of containers we provide free of charge.

Excited to announce our Sales & Service desk has been recognized as Favourite Computer Store and Favourite IT Support Company by multiple local press agencies.

Kitchener-Waterloo The Record

Cambridge Times

Thank you again for the on going support of our firm.  It’s a pleasure to work with the Waterloo region community!

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6370411-tech-wreckers-gives-new-life-to-old-computers/

Great Article in the Waterloo Region Record on our Innovating IT Asset Disposition Services.

Our continued effort is to shift the thinking from end-of-life IT equipment being a waste stream.  Our professional services surrounding retiring IT equipment can defray some of the most significant liability a company can face.

• Potential for confidential and proprietary company information remaining on assets
• Physical asset tags identifying the products as belonging to the corporate entity
• The assets being traceable by the Manufacturer Serial Number back to original bill of sale

Municipal and Commercial entities whose disposition processes are:

• selling their IT assets on bid sites
• giving their retired IT assets to staff
• donating their assets directly to charity
• operating their own surplus sales

have no protection or recourse in the case of an error or oversight.  Their retired IT assets or pieces thereof could be found in the municipal waste stream or provided to the next user containing confidential data.

That liability is defrayed by these services we provide:

• Certificate of Data Erasure for all Data-bearing assets received
• Full auditable record of assets received by serial number and weight to ensure all items are tracked and processed properly
• Asset De-branding removing all company identifiers from all assets as they process through our facility
• Full E&O Insurance coverage ensuring in the case of an failure, there are appropriate resources to mitigate any negative effects

“We sold it on a bid site” will not protect a company when an asset they retired is found inappropriately disposed.  In addition to these benefits, we can rebate our clients for their reusable assets. There simply isn’t a good reason to be taking on the risks of not using an appropriate, professional service partner for your End-of-life IT needs.

We are pleased to announce Tech Wreckers deepening relationship with Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES).  As of this December 2014 our organization has been approved as an OES Reuse & Refurbishing partner.  An important designation in our company’s pursuit to be the ‘Best-In-Class’ IT Disposition partner for our corporate clientele.   We are enthusiastic about the opportunities this new partnership will bring in 2015.

Tech Wreckers proudly announces the launch of our online shop providing Refurbished Computers and PC products.  The site provides detailed views and specifications of every product, real time shipping rate calculations and checkout services through PayPal (major credit cards accepted).  To see more please visit www.techwreckers.ca

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Tech Wreckers is pleased to announce our award of Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher status.  This is the highest partnership level Microsoft maintains for their Refurbisher licensing program with the requirement to reuse and license 1000’s of Refurbished Computers.  We are committed to providing the highest quality, Refurbished Laptops and Desktops to our clientele and the Microsoft Refurbisher program provides significant value towards us achieving that commitment.

We are pleased to announce that Tech Wreckers Inc. has partnered with Sustainable Waterloo Region to become the newest member of the Regional Carbon Initiative. With this commitment, we have joined a community of over 60 organizations throughout the region working together to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

As an Observing Organization in the Regional Carbon Initiative, we have taken the first step to understanding where our emissions come from and begin tracking those greenhouse gas emissions. Our goal is to work towards a point where we are ready to make a reduction commitment in our emissions to become a Regional Carbon Initiative Pledging Partner.

Our organization provides best practices and methodology in E-waste Disposition for our clients and as such, we are firmly committed to responsible and efficient operation of our own business.  Partnering with Sustainable Waterloo Region is the first step to scrutinizing our process, facility, and daily activities to find places where we can improve.  We are very excited at the opportunity of working with this elite group of people and wonderful organization leading the preservation of our community and region.

Our focus on Reuse of Technology helps us provide the best Return Value and Secure Processing for our corporate clients.   What is not widely known is that its the best practice in Protecting our Environment as well.

Recent studies have shown that extending the life span of our Computer Technology has significant, patient positive Environmental Impact.  By providing small businesses, side effects educators or families refurbished PCs we are displacing the creation of a new PC product.

“…as much as 70% of the energy a typical laptop will consume during its life span is used in manufacturing the computer.” – Journal of Cleaner Production, Arizona State University – NetworkWorld, Michael Cooney

“It is approximately 25 times more beneficial for the environment to reuse a computer than recycling it at 3 to 5 years of age” – University of Tennessee, Center for Clean Products, Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator

We’ve seen every smirk, laugh, giggle, and wide eyes on hearing the name of our firm, Tech Wreckers Inc.  The name is distinct, memorable and in almost every case complimented and enjoyed.

A few times we’ve heard the questions that come up of: ‘What is a Tech Wrecker?’ or ‘Why this name?’

The name Tech Wrecker originated from the emerging synergies between the Technology and Auto Recycling businesses.  The automotive industry with such a prominent and long standing history has matured their service solutions to the highest efficiency.  There is a somewhat dirty public opinion of an Auto Wrecker’s yard but at the end of the day your car could be a ‘Write Off’ after an accident and an Auto Wrecker will still give you some value for the usable parts and/or material they can salvage.

We are no different; our company’s mission is to be the most Value-Efficient provider for you in the IT Disposition space without compromising on Security or Environmental Impact of the solutions we provide.  We aspire to lead the Reuse Movement in the Tech World, be the ultra-efficient Auto Wreckers of the IT space, and bring you the best value for your End-of-Life, IT Assets.