Hello Canadians! We will be closed for the Canada Day long weekend:

CLOSING Thursday June 30th @ 5 PM

REOPENING Monday July 4th @ 7AM

Have a fun, safe, and relaxing weekend!

On Saturday, May 7th, 2011 you can drop off your electronic waste at Allandale Heights Public School from 10am to 1pm.

GreenGo Recycling will donate money to Allandale Heights for every pound collected. You can help the environment and support your local school all at once!

Allandale School is located at 124 Bayview Drive, Barrie On.

Please call with any questions (705) 722-8711

ALCONA GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL E-WASTE FUNDRAISER

On April 19th & April 20th you can drop off your electronic waste at 1310 Innisfil Beach Rd, Alcona Glen Elementary, during school hours. GreenGo Recycling Depot will donate money to Alcona Glen for every pound collected. This is a great oppertunity to help your local school and the environment at the same time!

Please call GreenGo (705) 722-8711 with any questions

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I’ve grown up in the scrap metals industry, which is typically the trade of choice for the entrepreneurial poor. In my relatively short tenure in the business I’ve seen a lot. Hot product, boxes ‘dressed’ to look like higher grade materials, false walled shipments, and tare weights that only match the imagination of the scale keeper. The old ‘foot under the scale’ trick is seldom used, but that doesn’t seem to stop the music. The old school scrap trade is synonymous with piracy, so buckle yer’ boots me matey; we be sailing for high seas.

Standing in relatively direct opposition from this vantage we have the modern e-waste industry starting to lay their foundations in Southern Ontario. This industry is highly regulated and a rather controlled one. The organization touting the most certification, documentation, and standards seems to be at the top of the proverbial list.

Now, enter the catalyst: Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) introduces their new direct incentive spin on the province, allowing approved processors to approach OES and non-OES collectors of e-waste for their volumes, offering them a portion of their provincial incentive. This spin on the market has effectively moved e-waste from the controlled sphere of the provincial program to the free market, open waters so to say. Now with the booty up for grab by seemingly anyone, the pirate fleet is mobilizing.

Whereas e-waste recyclers believe in long term relationships built on service, downstream reliability, chain of custody, and client synergy the scrappers believe only two things alone: price and payment. With the OES effectively commoditizing e-waste, it has also sharpened both edges of the local market. The scrappers are starting to fight for the newest commodity to hit the shelf, and the processors are having to pay for it. So instead of a sleek provincial system that funnels all of the e-waste from ground level into your new iFad device, we now have the wild west with processors battling it out for volume. Albeit I think that this approach is more effective in the long run, as long as money continues to motivate folk, the OES has turned over the keys to the kingdom. So back we go, to where it all began. Until legislation or another program initiative hits the windshield it’s back to good old fashioned scrap trade, at least with the residential, and small commercial volumes (which make up more than 50% of the provincially available volume).

So all you processors with no scrap metal experience, batten down the hatches. Prepare for more drama, action, and material than you have seen in the past 2 years. If it hasn’t started already it’s coming.

And to any scrappers reading this, please do not be offended by the pirate reference. I myself am a free market mercenary, and proud to be so. We will always be the most dangerous men in the room.

Y’arr!

E-waste Fundraising Event

 GreenGo Recycling Depot will donate money to Cameron St. Public School for every pound of electronic waste collected. You can help the environment and support your local school all at once!

We accept anything with a cord, circuit board, or battery associated to it. This does not include any large appliances.

A list of acceptable items will be available online at:

<am.scdsb.on.ca.

When: April 4, 2011-April 8, 2011

Where: 575 Cameron St., Collingwood, On

Contact Info: (705)445-9811

Please call GreenGo Recycling Depot with any questions:<

(705) 722-8711.

If everyone knew more about recycling,

everyone would recycle more.