Total Reclaim, Alaska branch has developed a site to assist rural Alaskan communities with managing their solid waste and recyclables. The site http://www.backhaul-triak.com/ was launched to provide a resource and information outlet for individuals working in remote areas. Our ultimate goal is to help communities develop and sustain
successful backhaul programs throughout Alaska.

The site provides information on the following:

• Revised sections of the Backhaul Manual – the “how to” packaging guidelines
• Information on Refrigerant Recovery Training and Certification
• Information on purchasing supplies and equipment

The Alaska branch is interested in hearing from folks living and working in rural Alaska. Let us know what we can do or what information we can provide that will help you address your solid waste and recycling needs.

It’s a fact of life that all computers and electronics sooner or later become obsolete. But it’s a fact of business that Total Reclaim offers the most comprehensive and secure recycling solution for unwanted computers and other electronic products in the Pacific Northwest. Through our state-of-the-art electronics recycling facility, Total Reclaim can handle every e-recycling situation your organization encounters:

1. Recycle anything with a battery or a cord.
2. Certify destruction of hard drives containing sensitive business or personal information.
3. Come to your facility and pick up your e-waste, whether by the cartload or the truckload.
4. Recycle all material in a way that is responsible to the environment as well as your reputation.

Recycling used fluorescent lamps is a tricky business. They’re bulky, fragile, contain hazardous mercury and take over entire storage areas, closets and basements. Thankfully, Total Reclaim’s sister company, EcoLights Northwest, offers a number of convenient, cost-effective, fuss-free options to recycle fluorescent lamps, ballasts and mercury-bearing devices, while simultaneously protecting your employees, your business and our environment:

1. EcoLights Recycling Kits—safe, convenient, pre-paid boxes for your old fluorescent lamps, CFLs and other devices. Just fill the box and ship them to EcoLights for recycling.
2. Fiber Drums and other storage containers—we deliver to your site, you fill them up, we take them away.
3. Drop-off—feel free to bring your used fluorescent lights to any of our facilities or one of our collection partners.
4. Whole Fixture Recycling—save even more time and money on your projectby simply recycling the entire light fixture instead of just the lamp.

For more information about how to easily and conveniently recycle your fluorescent lamps, visit the EcoLights site.

Not sure what to do with your heaps of dead batteries? Total Reclaim can recycle batteries of all shapes, sizes and volumes. We have recycled millions of batteries for thousands of companies over the years. We know the laws, we know the process and, most importantly, we know how to reduce your liability and administrative costs. Here’s what we do:

1. Assess your recycling requirements based on the types and quantities of batteries at your site.
2. Establish a collection and recycling program.
3. Educate staff on safe packaging and disposal while providing guidelines to ensure that battery shipments are delivered safely.

Sooner or later, every appliance reaches the end of the line. The question is what happens on the other side of that line? The answer is pretty simple. Total Reclaim offers tried and tested environmentally responsible recycling solutions for appliances large and small: refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves, even restaurant and commercial equipment. We’ve recycled them by the thousands. Here’s how we make it work for you:

1. Drop off your appliance or arrange for pick-up with Total Reclaim.
2. We break down the appliances at our Seattle recycling facility, eliminating waste that would otherwise enter landfills.
3. The materials are separated and shipped off for further refinement, ultimately becoming feedstock in the manufacturing of new products.

Sometimes the need for a recycling solution extends well beyond the boundaries of your typical recycling problem. Companies often need to recycle unwanted products due to recall, defective manufacturing, obsolescence or just “forces beyond our control.” Total Reclaim has extensive experience (as well as a variety of proprietary processes) dedicated to the destruction and/or recycling of various unwanted products–whether by the truckload or the boxload.  Here are just a few of the recycling challenges we’ve handled:

• Faulty hand-held personal hygiene devices
• Recalled electronic measuring devices
• Footwear that was not manufactured to specification

Our personal approach and technical expertise has made us the choice of business customers throughout the Northwest.