> About Total Reclaim
Total Reclaim was created in 1990 to help industry and government agencies comply with the requirements of the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act. Over the past 17 years, we have grown to become a major recycler of potentially hazardous equipment with operations in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Our services are designed to help our customers comply with laws regarding the handling of hazardous materials, help them reduce their long-term legal liabilities, minimize the disposal of hazardous waste and help protect the environment that we all share. Our business has grown significantly not only because of government programs that encourage recycling and conservation, but because communities and individuals have made the environment a priority. Total Reclaim and EcoLights strive to surpass legal environmental requirements and meet the highest industrial standards for environmental protection. We continue to add new services and products that enable our customers to protect the environment through the proper management of their hard-to-handle materials. REFRIGERANT RECLAIMING
In 1991, Total Reclaim opened a facility dedicated to decommissioning unwanted appliances or white goods. This work involves the recovery of CFC, HCFC, or HFC refrigerant gases, removal of PCB capacitors and mercury switches, removal of compressor motors, draining of the compressor oils, recycling of all metals, and the proper management of any potentially hazardous materials generated. In 1994, Total Reclaim became the first EPA certified reclaimer of refrigerant gases in the Pacific Northwest, expanding our operations to include the collection of refrigerant gases, purification of the gases to industry standards, re-packaging of the clean refrigerants, and resale of the refrigerants to qualified buyers. Our appliance recycling program has continued to grow over the years. We currently collect unwanted equipment from transfer stations and through special collection events for numerous municipal solid waste agencies and private solid waste haulers. We also work with local appliance dealers and non-profit agencies such as Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries, and St. Vincent de Paul to recycle appliances that cannot be re-sold through their retail operations. Total Reclaim also provides vending machine recycling for major beverage manufacturers and distributors in the Pacific Northwest. ECOLIGHTS NORTHWEST – FLUORESCENT LAMP RECYCLING
In 1996, recognizing the need for proper management and recycling of mercury bearing light tubes and both PCB and non-PCB ballasts, Total Reclaim created EcoLights Northwest. EcoLights recycles straight fluorescent, compact fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps. EcoLights is the only lamp recycler in Washington and the largest in the Pacific Northwest. EcoLights collects and consolidates PCB and non-PCB ballasts from our customers for proper management. We work with a permitted PCB ballast recycler to properly manage all PCB bearing materials. We have a policy of recycling all PCB containing devices and incinerating all PCBs. With the expansion of the Universal Waste Rule in 2000, EcoLights became legally entitled to accept other mercury bearing devices from customers. These materials include thermostats, thermometers, manometers, blood pressure monitor cuffs, mercury switches and a host of other mercury bearing devices. ELECTRONICS RECYCLING PROGRAM
In late 1999, Total Reclaim created our electronics recycling program. In that year, the King County Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Division (Washington state) created The Computer Recovery Project, later re-named the Take it Back Network. The Project brought together a wide variety of parties interested in end-of-life management of computer equipment. Total Reclaim was invited to participate in the Project, initially as a stakeholder and later as the preferred recycler of materials collected by participating collection sites.
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