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GreenTek Partners Take Aim at E-cycling Discarded Electronics
by Ann Pierceall
Herald-Whig Staff Writer

Hannibal, MO - Bill Martin and Sally Poole have joined forces to clean up Northeas Missouri and West-Central Illinois.

The two are partners in a new bsiness called GreenTek, an e-cycling firm that will pick up electronic waste – computers, televisions, basically anything electronic that isn't legally supposed to go to the dum – and dispose of it.

"We want to help the community and businesses dispose of electronics responsibly and legally," Martin said. "We guarantee all the materials we dispose of are 100 percent landfill-free and 100 percent recycled."

GreenTek is HIPPA compliant, guaranteeing to maintain privacy when disposing of medical-related electronics. The company provides e-wast recycling, hard drive shredding, certificates of destruction, freight managment and promises no foreign dumping.

"We're doing this because there's a big need," Martin said.

Poole, owner of Poole Advertising, said both she and Martin have long had an interest in recycling. She has worked for years to get a city wide recycling program in Hannibal.

"I really want to do something good for my community and I really feel this is the right thing to do," she said.

All plastics and standard metals are recycled through traditional methods. The company will work with Kan-Man Recycling in Hannibal, which has the scales, facilities and employees on hand to handle simple recycleables.

Circuitry featuring insulation or other toxic elements are stripped down and deliverd either to a smelter, or ffor things like curcuit boards, and EPA-certified disposal site.

The fees for the disposal service GreenTek offers is based on the weight of the electronics, and can range anywhere from $1 per item to $18 per item. An industrial rate is available for larger volumes.

There are two drop off points for small volumes of electronics: In Hannibal at the Northeast Independent Living Services facility, 909 Broadway, and in Quincy, IL at Computer Works, 405 Hampshire. Businesses with larger volume are asked to contact GreenTek.