Allan Gerlat, News Editor

January 10, 2012

1 Min Read
U.S. Micro Opens E-Waste Recycling Facility in Las Vegas

Information technology (IT) recycler U.S. Micro Corp. has opened a $20 million recycling and distribution center in Las Vegas.

The Smyrma, Ga.-based Micro said in a news release that the 130,000 sq.-ft. facility enables the company to offer customers a closed-loop process, from the securing of retired IT equipment and data destruction at the customer's site to reselling or recycling.

U.S. Micro said it expects a rapid increase in demand for data destruction and electronics recycling across the $5 billion U.S. industry. The company disposes of more than one million pieces of IT equipment annually and claims to have not had any data breaches.

The company refurbishes and sells approximately 90 percent of the IT equipment it processes; the remaining 10 percent is recycled.

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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