After ten years of recycling old electronics, the Waste Commission of Scott County is now in the business of re-selling old electronics. In January, it began re-furbishing laptops, hard drives, and flat-screen monitors, and selling them on Ebay.
Spokeswoman Brandy Welvaert says when these materials are dropped off, the commission puts aside those that might still have some useful life left.
Welvaert says a key part of the re-use program is data security.
In addition, an outside third party evaluates this process on a regular basis.
For safety and security reasons, all transactions are being done online, in the Waste Commission's Ebay store. No shopping or viewing is allowed at the de-manufacturing facility in north Davenport.
( http://stores.ebay.com/wastecomrecycling/ )
