Services
Overview
Ecosible provides an end-to-end solution to your IT Asset Recovery Management, e-Waste Management and Reverse Logistics needs. Central to Ecosible’s work is the emphasis we place on digital asset life extension. Once they land in our facility, the electronic parts pass through a battery of stringent quality control tests, and some of them are repurposed for resale by Ecosible. The rest are just sustainably RECYCLED.
From the point of collection to the point of recycling- our single biggest focus is ensuring that the e-waste we deal with, does no harm to ANY human or the environment. Once with us, all electronic components are managed in an environmentally responsible and data-security conscious manner, while adhering to our zero-waste policy. Whether you are recycling or buying electronics through Ecosible, you can sit back with the confidence, because no reusable product exits our facility without passing a barrage of stringent tests.
Ecosible Approach
Unlike many other e-waste management firms, the team at Ecosible entered the industry with only one looming question- how can we contribute to the well-being of our communities, while innovating on waste management processes in India?
Engaging with Grass-Root Stakeholders
From its inception, Ecosible has been conscious of the sociological impact of our work, and we have not taken that charge lightly. We have invested in partnering with the localized economies of kabadiwallahs throughout India and designed our processes to stress inclusion of all stakeholders. We soon hope to see a day when our vision, combined with your support, would lead to sustainable income opportunities for grass-root collectors throughout India’s waste management sector
Breaking away from Licences
It is the same egalitarian approach to business that compelled Ecosible, to provide need-based open-source operating systems such as Red Hat or Fedora for the majority of our repurposed assets. We refuse to contribute to the piracy of Microsoft; hence all systems either leave our facility with an open source OS or nothing at all.
Fully functional Recycled IT Assets
We believe that software should be easy, free, and accessible. Our machines can do everything from Word processing to Web design to Access Open Source databases- without a big price tag. By working closely with clients, Ecosible can develop customized software solutions that allow you to cut down on licensing costs, while providing you with free intuitive software that will serve your workforce and deliver results.
Ensuring data security
At Ecosible we respect and protect our client’s data and have very strict guidelines on complete data protection, when we reuse. That is a guarantee that many of our competitors cannot offer.
So, what makes Ecosible unique in the burgeoning industry of IT asset recovery and management?
It is our emphasis of strict quality control standards, our compliance to a zero-waste policy, and our ability to design customized solutions for all of our clients regardless of their size? Do you still need to think why Ecosible is the best choice for all of your e-waste and IT asset management needs?—Let us work with you, and surely the Ecosible Approach will begin to make sense.
Responsible E-Waste Recycling
Ecosible is your solution for responsibly recycling electronic waste generated through your company’s everyday use and needs. In order to safeguard not only the public image or any ecological resulting from haphazard waste recycling, it is prudent to dispose electronic waste in a responsible manner. The GOI as of May 2012 has brought in a slew of mandates, including one that requires companies who are mass generators to dispose their e-waste through authorized Recyclers. Neglecting data security or violations of environmental regulations are risks your organization can ill afford to take, so choose the right recycler, choose Ecosible.
Recycling Process
Ecosible prides itself on its strict adherence to the 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. While we can’t directly influence how you reduce, Ecosible can however help you reuse and recycle. In the rapidly evolving technological world, companies are bound to be burdened with redundant electronic machines. Most of these idle machines lying with you could have a second life if you choose to send them to Ecosible for reuse and resale. Needless to say that before any cell phones, tablets, or laptops are refurbished or resold, Ecosible completely destroys all sensitive client data during the refurbishment process. Components and devices that do not pass our strict internal quality control standards, are automatically recycled. All recycled items undergo a complete segregation and are organized by these main fractions – Mild Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Circuit Boards and Plastics. Plastics are further sorted by type, main types being – ABS plastics, Polycarbonate plastics, ABS/PC alloy, High impact polystyrene [HIPS] and nylon. These are then granulated and sold to manufacturers that blend post-consumer material with virgin material for a variety of applications.
All recyclable materials like circuit boards, are exported back to smelters who recover approximately 16 different precious metals for use in manufacturing. As per our zero landfill policy, all byproducts of our processes are disposed in an environmentally conscious manner that follows all state and global regulations. When you choose Ecosible you can be rest assured that all your waste management needs will be fulfilled by a team of professionals who follow all data security measures while only leaving the tiniest carbon footprint.
Plastics the Sordid Story
We have all been privy to images flashed on the media depicting the cruel fate of marine life entangled in discarded fishing nets, or caught within plastic packaging. For so many of us the sight of plastic drink bottles or bags floating in our local lake or river is a common thing. However, the real problem with plastic pollution in the world’s waters – the fact that it never decomposes – is an insidious feature of most modern waste disposal systems. To the majority of people, the hazards of plastic remain invisible. However, the plastics problem is more pressing than anyone could possibly conceive.
Segregating Plastics
As we started to build our plastic disposal model Ecosible very quickly realized that we had to learn to segregate the plastics even further. Majority of the sorting of plastics in India are done by women and children under the most unsafe and unhygienic conditions. We were not able to find a mechanical unit that can separate the different grades of plastic. So it just boiled down to us segregating further to separate the different types of engineered plastics – Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), Polycarbonate PC to name just a few. There are a multitude types of plastics that one can get from e-Waste. The problem with plastic can be explained by their molecular structure. Most of the plastics produced are carbon-based petroleum products, and have the capability to absorb a variety of organic compounds from pesticides and other chemicals used in manufacturing, to used oil from cars. All the harmful waste that washes into oceans due to improper disposal, binds to the plastics which further aggravates ecological problems, and eventually end up in our food chain. Whether those pollutants consumed by fish end up in our bodies has yet to be established by scientific studies, but most experts agree that traces of these chemicals can be found in our bodies.
Enterprises Can Help
Many experts argue that industries have the potential to alleviate the crisis in a big way, and the first visible step in reducing waste should be carried out by enterprises. The simplest step is to work with organizations like Ecosible that are fully compliant to environmental regulations, and aware of the larger problem at hand. We know that we cannot change every stakeholder’s approach, but we can educate and provide the necessary oversight. So, whether you are looking for post-consumer material for manufacturing or you are recycling your office’s plastic tea cups [which our employees fervently practice], your organization is taking the first crucial steps in recognizing and solving this terrible malaise. Work with Ecosible to streamline your organizations’ plastics recycling process, while contributing to the overall solution of the problem with plastics.
To comply with our zero waste policy our SOP for our granulator room include that when the operators sweep the room, they take care to sieve the dirt out for any plastics. In the words of Gandhiji, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”. We wouldn’t be doing our part, if we didn’t institute such policies and practiced it.
Safety
To say that safety practices form the spine of our activities at Ecosbile, is merely an understatement. We have made sure that we inculcate safety from bottom-up in all our processes. We have been extremely conscious of the small details; right from the steel toed shoes to the other personal protection equipment (PPE) we make available for our employees down to shoulder belts. Every shop-floor operator is trained in CPR and First Aid.
To ward off any potential ergonomic problems due to repeated actions, we provide anti-vibration gloves to our employees engaged in cutting routines. The ground up plastics we generate are by design packaged in 20 Kg sacks to avoid the international threshold of 23 Kgs. While we are not yet at a 5 Sigma level, our operator stations are designed to minimize them walking around, have a container for everything they can possibly generate when they segregate, something we call segregation at source. Be it providing anti-fatigue mats for employees or a container for the screws they can possibly see by type, we take pride in trying to do things as efficiently as we can.
Asset Life Extension
Philosophy
Ecosible prides itself on its strict adherence to the 3R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. While we can’t directly influence how you reduce, Ecosible can help you impact the other two R’s – Reuse and Recycle.
Reverse Logistics
Wikipedia simply puts reverse logistics as all operations related to the reuse of products and materials. There’s no doubt that pivotal to e-waste management is the practice of repurposing electronics for further activities. Ecosible offers companies customized solutions that will maximize the value of your company’s assets. Asset life extension, or reverse logistics, is a great way to reduce costs, while accruing the value of being a responsible green business. And for those customers who just want their products recycled, we can offer just that as well. Core to Ecosible’s asset repurposing services are:
If your asset repurpose plan calls for transfer of assets, we will establish a documented chain of custody to establish written liability transfer from your entity to ours. Additionally, any assets that require repurposing go through our complete data-wipe process that ensures the corporate data is not vulnerable and guarantees complete data erasure. Another facet of Ecosible’s repurposing services is the utilization of open-source software. This feature of our services is rather unique in the industry because, Ecosible can not only recycle your assets but also address further IT needs through repurposed assets with customized open-source software. CIOs from companies of all sizes can reduce licensing costs while providing equally competitive productivity tools to employees, through Ecosible.
Secure Data Destruction
Where we stand apart is in adopting processes to ensure that our end customers get a product with the assurance of being rigorously tested. Firstly, we never compromise with our customer’s data, so every hard drive that’s re-purposed is thoroughly wiped and checked for integrity in the process. All memory cards, motherboards and power supplies go through a series of tests before an Open Source OS is installed. In fact we issue, a DATA DESTRUCTION Certificate, certifying that all data has been securely deleted. If any of the assets meant for re-purposing fail any of the tests they are automatically recycled.
It is this innovation and high regard for industry standards that make Ecosible a leading provider of secure data destruction, data erasure, and IT asset repurposing. When you choose Ecosible you can re-purpose your IT assets or purchase re-purposed assets with complete confidence!!
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Quality Processes
All assets coming in are first weighed, and then their serial numbers are scanned with a bar code reader. This is followed by a clear segregation of machines that have to be repurposed from those that will be recycled. We try to turn on machines before getting started, and sometimes we have to change a memory card or power supply to get things going.
Once we have the machine going, the hard drives are removed so that they can be wiped out separately. All components go through the following checks before they can be re-purposed –
Motherboards
Here we do a quick litmus test check to see if they do work before we subject the unit to extended testing with our BurnIn test.
Memory Cards
Here again we see quickly if they do work. If they are pronounced to be working, they are put through Memtest86; an open source memory test software. All memory cards go through a 3 pass test, a process that can take as long as an hour per card.
Hard Drives
After a quick test check to see if it’s working, every hard drive we repurpose is wiped clean using Darik’s Boot and Nuke, also known as DBAN. The program is designed to securely erase a hard disk until data are permanently removed and no longer recoverable, which is achieved by overwriting the data with pseudorandom numbers. We do a three-pass wipe which conforms to DOD standards.
Power Supplies
These are checked alternating them on machines while we run the tests above.
Repurposed Asset
The asset is re-assembled with checked memory cards, hard drives, and power supplies. A new CMOS battery is installed and the processor area is cleaned. The unit is then functionally checked using PassMark software using their BurnIn Test. BurnIn Test tests the CPU, hard drives, SSDs, RAM, optical drives (CD, DVD and Blu-ray), sound cards, graphics cards (GPGPU, Video RAM, 2D graphics, 3D graphics and video playback), network ports.
Delivery
All units that are repurposed before leaving our premises are logged with respective serial number of the unit, if available, serial number of the Motherboard and that of the hard drive is also tagged. The fully checked unit is loaded with an open source OS or distributed without an OS. We also offer a buyback with certain distributors when the unit repurposed by us does eventually cease to work, in turn making an effort to close the loop—remember our ZERO WASTE motto.
What we Recycle
All old/discarded/un-used electronic products such as PCs, Monitors, Hard Disks(HDD,EHDD), Keyboards, Mouse, Printers, Mobile Phones, Modems, Alkaline Batteries, etc..
