Old electronic equipment worth its weight in gold

Article Abstract:

United Recycling Industries Inc., a Carol Stream, IL-based company, and Universal Integrated Circuits, also of Carol Stream, are engaged in recycling old electronic equipment in order to give them new uses. Jim Glavin, operations manager for United Recycling, said that the company's objective is to recycle large amounts of electronic equipment while giving its customers added value for unwanted items. The company retrieves precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum from printed circuit boards. Universal Integrated Circuits retrieves microprocessors from old equipment. Regular linear chips may fetch 10 cents while some Pentium Pro processors may sell for $500. The microprocessors are sold to companies that either sell them to other buyers or use them to repair older equipment.

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Retrieves microprocessors from old equipment and sells them to other companies, co profile

Metals Recovery, Materials Recovery Facilities, Recovery Systems NEC, Recycling, Metal recycling, United Recycling Industries Inc., Universal Integrated Circuits

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BFI's safety program payback

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Browning-Ferris Industries, headquartered in Houston, TX, has reorganized its management to improve its safety program for its customers, employees and the community it serves. The company, through vice president of the environment, safety and health division Dave Buckner, restructured programs and redesigned management procedures in a move to streamline the 1,500 to 1,700 monthly claims that total to approximately $100 million expenses a year. Browning-Ferries employs 30,000, manages 14,400 solid waste trucks and serves 1,600 communities.

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Has reorganized its management to improve its safety program for its customers, employees and the community it serves

Browning-Ferris Industries Inc.

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All in the family

Article Abstract:

Speedway Disposal & Recyling Inc., headquartered in Bensenville, III, IL, sees growth in garbage business with its excellent customer service. The 80-employee company that serves both residential and commercial customers posted an increase in yearly sales from $40,000 in 1995 to an excess of $10 million in 1998. Speedway started in 1954 as Rex Disposal Co., which removes ash and collects trash in the north side of Chicago, IL. The firm was founded by George Stob, grandfather of its president John G. Stob Jr.

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Sees growth in garbage business with its excellent customer service

Speedway Disposal and Recyling Inc.

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