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High-Tech Recyclers Falling on Tough Times

by Lee Bains on November 20, 2008 at 08:50 AM


As is the case with many businesses these days, high-tech recyclers have a tough row to hoe in light of current economic circumstances, according to Boing Boing.

One California recycler, ACCRC, has seen a significant drop in profits since the market for scrap metal has started its sharp decline. While business had boomed for such companies during the recent heyday of copper and scrap metal, ACCRC has been forced to lay off employees and liquidate assets.

Like other organizations of its ilk, ACCRC accepts old computer components, donating those that are in working order or are easily reparable to charities, schools or low-income individuals, and sending broken ones to eco-friendly facilities where their materials can be recycled.

The company's financial situation is so dire, in fact, that its executives are calling upon environmentally and socially aware tech-users to make donations on the organization's Web site. [From: Boing Boing]

Tags: economic crisis, EconomicCrisis, recycling

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