4.20.2007 - 03:55pm ET

(CSRwire) COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2007--Redemtech (www.redemtech.com), a leading provider of Technology Change Management (TCM) services, announced that it helped companies properly dispose of nearly 15 million pounds of obsolete electronic scrap, or e-waste, in the United States in 2006. The company also diverted an additional 11 million pounds of equipment from the waste stream through remarketing.

This record amount for the company exemplifies Redemtech's continued commitment to the safe disposal of today's high-tech waste. The company has a strict zero-export, zero-landfill, zero-incineration recycling policy designed to keep hazardous wastes out of landfills; instead, breaking computers down into raw materials to be reused in the manufacturing of new or recycled products. Redemtech's recovery and reuse programs salvage any usable components from the e-waste prior to recycling to support refurbishing programs that promote reuse and extended equipment life.

The technology recycled through Redemtech's U.S. operations included more than 50,000 desktops, 175,000 monitors, 75,000 printers and 6,000 servers. The remarketed technology included nearly 120,000 desktops, 72,000 monitors, 23,000 printers, 61,000 laptops and 16,000 servers.

According to the U.S. EPA, as much as 4 percent of municipal solid waste is e-scrap. Americans discarded more than 154 million computers in 2005, not counting game systems, cell phones, PDAs and MP3 players. The Basel Action Network (BAN) estimated in a recent report (available at www.ban.org) that up to 80 percent of the e-waste that is recycled is exported overseas to dismantling shops, which lack the processes to prevent hazardous materials from harming workers and the environment.

"E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the industrial world, growing at three times the rate of other waste material. A significant volume of e-waste, especially computers, continues to be shipped to emerging countries where it ends up in landfills, poisoning the earth with toxic chemicals," said Bob Houghton, president of Redemtech. "At Redemtech, where true environmental stewardship is a cornerstone of our business, every day is Earth Day. One of our primary missions is to ensure that every piece of obsolete electronic equipment is responsibly recycled and any usable components are salvaged."

According to the Gartner Group, 75 percent of PCs decommissioned in the U.S. are four years old or less, creating a significant opportunity to reduce e-waste through lifecycle extension programs, such as refurbishing, remarketing and charitable donation. Redemtech has a number of programs to extend the lifecycle of computers, including a unique program that encourages large companies to donate computers to non-profits by providing free recovery and recycling services to non-profits receiving computers through Redemtech.

"It's very important for the health of the environment that we divert from the landfills any usable equipment and remarket and repurpose it," Houghton said. "The importance of this measure is affirmed by the EPA's campaign that encourages organizations to donate or recycle their used electronic equipment."

All of the electronic equipment disposed and remarketed by Redemtech undergoes a rigorous sanitation process designed to remove sensitive data and licensed software, and prevent damaging security breaches. The company also works with Brink's, Inc., to provide a secure transport option that protects highly sensitive data during transport of computers that have been taken off network to be reused, resold or recycled.

Redemtech is in compliance with best practices defined by the Basel Action Network (BAN) and Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition. The company is a signatory of The Electronics Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship, which imposes the world's most rigorous criteria for e-waste recycling, and its environmental management program is ISO 14001 certified.

About Redemtech

Redemtech Technology Change Management (TCM) services help organizations increase IT asset utilization and assure regulatory compliance during technology transitions. Redemtech provides an outsourced solution to TCM that uses best practices and automated technologies to implement and manage processes for deploying, redeploying and decommissioning computer systems. Redemtech clients can realize a 40 to 70 percent reduction in asset recovery and disposition costs, while achieving 100 percent warranted data security and environmental compliance assurance. Redemtech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micro Electronics, one of the largest privately held technology companies in the United States. For more information on Redemtech, visit www.redemtech.com.

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