5R facilities in Glen Flora and Catawba, Wisconsin; Atlanta, Georgia; and, Syracuse, New York; Clinton, Memphis and Oak Ridge, TN offer computer and electronics recycling/refurbishing, waste processing, scrap smelting and metals recycling services. We accept all industrial scrap and wastes capable of yielding commodity grade glass, plastic, copper, steel, aluminum, gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. At our facilities, we transform discarded and obsolete electronics into new materials for re-manufacturing. We even take the face glass from monitors and use it to make decorative bricks!

5 R Offers:

Innovative Solutions for Retired, Surplus, and ""end-of-life"" Electronics

Competitive Asset Recovery/De-manufacturing/Environmental Accountability

A reduction in environmental liability, accountability for all hazardous materials contained in discarded equipment, and potential credit for asset recovery

Equipment Refurbishing

Authorized equipment that has not been restricted will be repaired or refurbished back to a useable state and resold back into the market. This aids in your asset recovery for retired surplus hardware.

Closed Loop Recycling

Equipment that has been destroyed and shredded will be used to manufacture new products.

Winner of 2001 White House "Closing the Circle" Award

Increased protection for your community from environmental contamination
environmental contamination.

In June 2001, we were awarded the United States Department of Energy's "National Award for Pollution Prevention" in recognition of dedication and leadership in contributing to the Department of Energy's mission to prevent pollution in operations and programs.

Do the right thing by properly recycling your obsolete electronics!!!

The 5R experience in applied chemistry and chemical and minerals engineering sets us apart from our competitors.

Specific Programs and Services

Auditing and managing of onsite de-installation or switch removal

• Removal and collection at single or multiple sites.
• Pre-sort of equipment is not a requirement.
• We can provide detailed settlement on complex offerings and interact with operation personnel to maximize returns.

Packaging and shipping logistics

• Provision of trailers onsite
• seals for trailer security after the completion of collection and pickup
• Flexible customer-oriented services meeting your needs

Service Areas

• We serve the United States and Canada, with daily service in the mid-western, eastern and southern states, with strategically located collection and processing facilities in Memphis, Clinton, Oak Ridge, TN; Catawba, WI; Syracuse, NY; and Atlanta, GA.

Environmental Liability

• We provide our customers with the knowledge that their electronics discards will not become a future liability.
• 5R provides RCRA compliant recovery and recycling with "end-of-life" certification.
• All materials that cannot be reused are sorted into various categories and marketed for recycling.
• All processes are tracked and compliant with environmental regulatory agencies.
• Each lot of material is assigned a control number when a movement is originated and tracked until final disposition.

Rebate and cost reduction programs

• 5R offers asset recovery management programs of re-salable and re-marketable electronic equipment, reducing client costs.

Data Cleansing and Destruction

• Guaranteed security of customers' proprietary products with complete data cleansing and removal on all media
• Total data destruction through shredding provided at customer request
• Certificates of Recycle and total Data Destruction provided

De-manufacturing and Reclamation

• Reclamation of circuit boards and other units containing components.
• Through de-manufacturing, electronic equipment is dismantled to base components, such as, circuit boards, wire, metals, plastic and glass. ?By dismantling equipment to its base components, 5R eliminates any future liability.
• Customer may identify equipment or components as scrap, for processing directly by 5R's environmental processing team.
• 5R does not generate wastes through our processes. All material is moved through our operations under proprietary channels.

Consumer Collection Programs

• Maintain and manage residential electronics collection programs through franchise agreements, contracts and other arrangements.
• 5R has established a partnership with Goodwill Industries, Inc. - Knoxville to bring low-cost Pentium-level computers to families, students and those with special needs in East Tennessee.
• 5R also offers schools and nonprofits the opportunity to "Bridge the Digital Divide" and raise funds through low-cost computer sales.