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1. Bill Martin and Sally Poole have joined forces to clean
up Northeast Missouri and West-Central Illinois
The two are partners in a new business called GreenTek, an e-cycling...
By ANN PIERCEALL, Herald-Whig Staff Writer
HANNIBAL, MO -- Bill Martin and Sally Poole Circuitry featuring insulation or other toxic ele-
have joined forces to clean up Northeast Missouri ments are stripped down and delivered either to a
and West-Central Illinois. smelter, or for things like circuit boards, an EPA-
certified disposal site.
The two are partners in a new business called
GreenTek, an e-cycling firm that will pick up The fee for the disposal service GreenTek offers
electronic waste -- computers, televisions, basically is based on the weight of the electronics, and can
anything electronic that isn’t legally supposed to go range anywhere from $1 per item to $18 per item.
to the dump -- and dispose of it. An industrial rate is available for larger volumes.
“We want to help the community and businesses There are two drop-off points for What’s In
dispose of electronics responsibly and legally,” small volumes of electronics: In A Computer?
Martin said. “We guarantee all the materials we dis- Hannibal at the KanMan Metal
pose of are 100 percent landfill-free and 100 percent Recycling, 1911 Prince Avenue,
recycled.” and in Quincy, at Computer
Works, 405 Hampshire.
GreenTek is HIPPA compliant, guaranteeing to
maintain privacy when disposing of medical-related Businesses with larger volumes
electronics. The company provides e-waste recy- are asked to contact GreenTek.
cling, hard drive shredding, certificates of destruc-
tion, freight management and promises no foreign Martin also runs The Printer Doc-
dumping. tors. He said in the six months
GreenTek has been working to
“We’re doing this because there’s a big need,” Mar- get established, the company has
tin said. recycled about 10,000 pounds of
electronics.
Poole, owner of Poole Advertising, said both she
and Martin have long had an interest in recycling. “If you’re not part of the solution
She has worked for years to get a citywide recycling you’re part of the problem. I’d
program in Hannibal. like to be part of the solution,”
Martin said.
“I really want to do something good for my com-
munity and I really feel like this is the right thing to “We have so much manufactured
do,” Poole said. product becoming antiquated. It
seems ridiculously simple to mine our waste, not
All plastics and standard metals are recycled our mountains.”
through traditional methods. The company will
work with Kan-Man Recycling in Hannibal, which For more information, go online at:
has the scales, facilities and employees to handle www.GreenTekEcycling.com.
simple recyclables.

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108 North Third Suite 101
Hannibal, MO 63401
Bill Martin 573-795-1399
bill@greentekecycling.com FAX: 573-221-5161
www.GreenTekEcyling.com
573-795-1399
www.GreenTekEcycling.com
108 North 3rd St., Suite 201, Hannibal, MO 63401
This map shows where your recycling could end up if not
Retail drop-off sites at: disposed of properly. Make sure your recycling is not be-
Computer Works ing dumped in third world countries. This practice endan-
405 Hampshire, Quincy IL 217-224-1812 gers our environment and neighboring citizens.
KanMan Metal Recycling We shield your company from liability
1911 Prince Ave., Hannibal, MO 573-221-0037 From privacy issues to the EPA, when a computer
leaves your company it can become a serious risk for
GreenTek will pick up your e-waste, de-manu- your business. Here’s how PC Disposal insulates you
facture, issue a Certificate of Disposal, and shield and your company from these risks.
your company from liability. Corporate proprietary • We take title to your equipment. That is, your
information and client data is securely destroyed equipment becomes our equipment and it’s no
by hard drive destruction. longer your responsibility.
• Hard drives are sanitized or destroyed.
GreenTek maintains a zero landfill policy, and no • Asset tags are removed that may identify the
exports of unprocessed equipment to third world original equipment’s owner.
countries. Make your business a little greener with • Worthless computer equipment is disposed of in
GreenTek E-cycling. accordance with all Federal and State
environmental laws.
When your business needs safe, ethical recycling • You’ll receive a “Certificate of Disposal”
and guaranteed hard drive destruction with recy- providing evidence of services performed.
cling certificates, call GreenTek at 573-795-1399 for • Services are HIPAA compliant.
a quote and to arrange for pick up.