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What
We Do
ACB is
an experienced e-waste solution provider to many different industries,
including thousands of large corporations, small and large businesses,
hospitals, major universities and government agencies.
Regardless of what your company may deem excess; from castaway
obsolete systems, monitors, mainframes to the latest and greatest
networking and phone systems, we can provide you with a recycling
solution. Our experts can perform a confidential review to evaluate
your current program and make suggestions on how to better meet
your asset recovery goals.
Our comprehensive range of services allows your company to focus
on the business you do best. To learn more about our services,
click the categories to your right or contact an ACB representative
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Classification
When an inbound load is received at ACB’s facility, all
materials are weighed and then matched against the generator
manifest or bill of lading. All items designated by the generator
for special management (e.g., disk drive destruction or destructive
recycling) are segregated and tracked to receive the appropriate
handling. All other materials are evaluated by ACB staff to ascertain
their highest-value secondary use. In most cases this can be
accomplished by visual inspection or a simple plug-in test. In
others, most frequently with CPUs and monitors, ACB will conduct
a more thorough electronic test to evaluate operational status
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Destructive
Recycling
Items can be destructively recycled in one of two ways –
manual disassembly or automated shredding. Disassembly retrieves
higher component and commodity values, but at the cost of additional
labor. ACB selects manual disassembly when component values merit
this choice (for example, some older equipment contains significant
value in precious metals, which is lost when items are shredded),
or when there is reason for concern that toxic constituents could
be liberated during shredding (for example, cadmium from NiCd
batteries).
In January 2004 ACB began operation of a proprietary state-of-the-art
destructive recycling line at its Amesbury facility. Automated
shredding and grinding is coupled with a series of material separation
technologies (magnetic separation, gravity and size classification)
to yield several commodity streams, including: (1) ferrous metals,
(2) glass, and (3) a nonferrous metal/plastic mixture that is
marketed for its nonferrous value. Read more about our facilities
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Dismantling/De-Manufacturing
Many pieces of equipment contain components or subassemblies
that have value in secondary markets. These can include, for
example, some processors and memory chips, power supplies, and
disk drives. ACB uses hand and power tools to disassemble equipment
and pull out these components, which are then remarketed.
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Pick-up
and Transportation
ACB can provide transportation of surplus electronic equipment
in ACB-owned vehicles with ACB-employee drivers. Alternatively,
a client can provide transportation to ACB’s facility in
its own vehicles. In some cases, ACB arranges transportation
through a third party. In all cases in which transportation is
provided or arranged by ACB, vehicles and drivers are fully compliant
with applicable state and US. DOT regulations.
ACB Transportation
ACB owns and operates two 26-foot "dry van" box vehicles.
Under current regulations, no special permit or documentation
is required to transport used electronic equipment in five of
the six states where ACB now provides transportation services
(Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and
New York). In the State of Maine, an EPA identification number
is required, and a transporter of used CRTs must also provide
a spill control plan and spill management materials on board
each vehicle operating in the state. Maine also requires that
each shipment that includes CRTs must be accompanied by a "Recyclable
Hazardous Material Uniform Bill of Lading.” ACB is fully
compliant with these State of Maine requirements.
Client Transportation
ACB will receive at its dock door materials that are brought
to the ACB facility by clients or by third parties under contract
to ACB clients. In this case it is incumbent on the generator
to assure that vehicles and drivers are fully compliant with
all permitting and licensing requirements, and that each shipment
is accompanied by any required generator-supplied paperwork (such
as the Maine Recyclable Hazardous Material Uniform Bill of Lading).
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Re-marketing
of Equipment
With over 15 years of experience, ACB has developed a network
of 50-100 buyers of surplus electronic equipment. Some of these
are "generalists" who will purchase a broad range of
equipment; many others are specialists who seek out particular
types of equipment, manufacturers, or equipment of a certain
vintage; some are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) who
buy back their own equipment for spares and parts. Some buyers
specialize in refurbishing equipment for resale; others specialize
in pulling out specific components or subassemblies for maintenance
and repair of older systems. As noted above, ACB’s most
important criterion in marketing used equipment is to assure
that buyers are reputable users of remarketed items, and will
themselves dispose of equipment that they cannot use (preferably)
by recycling, or by environmentally conscious disposal.
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