What is E-waste??                                                                           

“E-waste”, identified as Universal Waste, applies to all unwanted electronic devices including Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTS). ** A Cathode Ray Tube is a device used in some of your everyday items such as your televisions and computer monitors. It is used to create images in the form of light emitted from a fluorescent screen. **
According to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control or DTSC, due to ongoing technological advances many of electronic products become obsolete within a very short period of time, creating a large surplus of unwanted electronic products, or “e-waste.” Disposing of e-waste in landfills has the potential to cause severe human and environmental health impacts. To avoid these risks, the Electronic Waste Recycling Act (Senate Bill 50) was signed into law in 2004.

Electronic Waste Recycling Act
(SB 20, 2003, Sher, and SB 50, 2004, Sher)
EWRA was signed into law on September 24, 2003, and amended by SB 50 (Stats. 2004, ch. 863) on September 29, 2004. One of the major objectives of the Electronic Waste Recycling Act, as amended, is to establish a new program for consumers to return, recycle, and ensure the safe and environmentally sound disposal of video display devices, such as televisions and computer monitors, that are hazardous wastes when discarded. On January 1, 2005, California consumers began paying a fee of $6 to $10 at the time they purchase certain video display devices. Those fees are deposited into a special account that is used to pay qualified e-waste collectors and recyclers to cover their costs of managing e-waste.

The Electronic Waste Recycling Act has two main objectives:

1. To limit the amount of toxic substances in certain electronic products sold in California:
• The levels of lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium allowed in materials that make up covered electronic devices are limited by California’s Restrictions on the use of Hazardous Substances.
• Manufacturers of covered electronic devices are required to provide information to the CIWMB, demonstrating their efforts to: 1) reduce the levels of toxic substances in electronic devices they produce; 2) increase the use of recyclable materials in their products; and 3) provide outreach programs to consumers (Public Resource Code Section 42465.2).

2. To establish a funding system for the collection and recycling of discarded covered electronic devices.
• Retailers are required to collect a fee from the consumer upon the purchase of covered electronic devices. This fee is deposited in an account managed by the Board of Equalization.
• Upon approval of a payment claim, an approved recycler receives a payment from the Electronic Waste Recycling Account based on the weight of covered electronic devices recycled. An approved recycler is required to pass through a portion of this payment to any approved collectors from which the recycler received e-waste that was included in the payment claim. The first step for a handler or recycler wishing to becoming an approved collector or approved recycler is to notify DTSC at least 30 days prior to operation, and submit an application to CIWMB for approval in the payment program.

Note: Many electronic wastes are not included in the Electronic Waste Recycling Act but are still considered hazardous wastes and may not be discarded in the trash. These electronic wastes are not eligible for payment.
In general, what items are accepted for E-waste collection??

Electronic Devices

DTSC’s regulations define "electronic device" very broadly as "any electronic device that is identified as hazardous waste." Some kinds electronic devices are "covered electronic devices" (see the following section), but many more are not. Below are examples of some common electronic devices; this is by no means a complete list.

• CRT devices including older televisions and computer monitors
• LCD desktop computer monitors and laptop computers
• LCD televisions
• Plasma televisions
• Portable DVD players with LCD screens
• Cash registers and oscilloscopes containing CRTs
• Computers
• Computer keyboards and other peripherals
• Telephones, cell phones, and answering machines
• Stereo equipments, radios, tape and CD players/recorders, phonographs
• Video cassette recorders and calculators
• Microwaves

Covered Electronic Devices (CEDs)

A "covered electronic device" (CED) is an electronic device that is covered by the Electronic Waste Recycling Act. The purchaser of a CED pays a fee at the time of purchase, which is used to pay collectors and recyclers of CEDs that are no longer wanted. The law defines a CED as a "a video display device containing a screen greater than 4 inches, measured diagonally, that is identified in the regulations adopted by" DTSC. Any video display device with a screen greater than four inches in size that fits into one of the following categories is a CED:

1. Cathode ray tube containing devices (CRT devices)
2. Cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
3. Computer monitors containing cathode ray tubes
4. Laptop computers with liquid crystal display (LCD)
5. LCD containing desktop monitors
6. Televisions containing cathode ray tubes
7. Televisions containing liquid crystal display (LCD) screens
8. Plasma televisions
9. Portable DVD players with LCD screens

Where can I drop off my E-waste??

Handlers and recyclers of E-waste will most definitely accept your E-waste.

Handler: “…1) generator of universal waste; 2) the owner or operator of a facility that receives waste (including e-waste) from other universal waste handlers, accumulates universal waste, and sends universal waste to another universal waste handler, destination facility, or foreign destination; or 3) the owner or operator of a facility who is authorized to treat universal waste.”

Recycler: "A handler who performs a treatment to change the composition of electronic devices, CRTs, CRT glass, or residual printed circuit boards. These treatment processes include dismantling electronic devices; removing yokes from CRTs; physical treatment such as cutting, breaking, shredding; physical separation based on properties such as size density, ferromagnetism; use of pinpoint torch/hot wire; and sampling, burning, ball milling."

Ambit Pacific on E-waste

In 2009, Ambit Pacific began collecting E-waste. Ambit Pacific, has since, collected, from the public, CRTs and LCD monitors. Very soon we will be accepting more electronic devices. **Check back for updates on a list of devices we collect!!** By the standards of DTSC, Ambit Pacific is a handler of E-waste. We ensure our customers that all electronic devices collected are recycled. Once Ambit has accumulated enough electronic devices we then ship your E-waste to a recycler where, there, they are dismantled.

There is no charge for E-waste drop-off.

Also, check back for news on E-waste drop-off events!!

Thank you for your interest in our services!! You'll hear from us very soon!

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

Our Recycling Center is open 6 days a week.

The following is a list of the recyclable materials that we collect.

Monday-Friday 6:00am - 3:15pm
Saturday 6:00am - 2:00pm

If there is an item that does not appear in this list please call our office at 310.538.3798. 

The Earth will support us, as long as we support it.

Today all businesses have sensitive documents. When the time comes for disposing of those items, a complete system of shredding and destruction is necessary. Ambit Pacific can supply its clients with security locked toters, for the collection of all confidential papers and materials. Ambit Pacific will transport all materials to our document destruction facility. After the destruction process is complete, each client can be provided a certificate of destruction.

 Ambit Pacific will ensure that all your materials are securely, efficiently, and professionally shredded and recycled.

Get your students involved.

Ambit Pacific can also service educational institutions. Want to educate your students about the importance of recycling? Want to teach your students about environmental sustainability? Its time to start a recycling program.

We want to help! 

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 

At Ambit Pacific, we understand the importance of achieving your goals within the community. We want to reduce your concerns of waste hauling costs and let you focus on the target.

Let us work with you.

We can help you build a custom recycling program or fundraiser beneficial to your organization.

   Ambit Pacific is a family owned recycling center and was founded in 1984 by Roy Arthur Abel. Roy was much of a modern Renaissance man. Being the entrepreneur that he was he realized among others the great demand for recycling and the capability of growth in its industry. Environmental sustainability was the way of the future and only time would prove the birth of the Green Movement. Its now cool to be green, its smart to be green, its a way of life and it makes a difference. We take pride in participating in this journey.

Ambit Pacific is a full service recycling center serving the South Bay of Los Angeles County for more than 20 years. We specialize in recycling programs for businesses of any size, school programs, e-waste, and certified document destruction. We process over 84,000 tons of material a year and show expertise in our shipping, handling, storage, and development of recyclables.

•     BUY-BACK CENTER
•     FLOOR/ TRUCK SCALES
•     ON-CALL/ SCHEDULED PICK-UPS
•     DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION
•     E-WASTE

Ambit Pacific has been at the fore front of service and technology in the recycling industry. With our expertise, experience, and growing knowledge, Ambit Pacific has been involved in educating the public about the importance of recycling.

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Did You Know...

Each ton of recycled paper can save

• 17 trees
• 380 gallons of oil
• 3 cubic yards of landfill space
• 4,000 kilowatts of energy
• 7,000 gallons of water

Americans use more than

• 67 million tons of paper per year, or about 580 pounds per person
• Paper products make up the largest part (approximately40percent) of our trash
• Making recycled paper instead of new paper uses
• 64 percent less energy
• and uses 58 percent less water
• Every day American businesses generate enough paper to circle the earth 20 times !
• Every day Americans recover more than 2 million pounds of paper! That's about 40 percent of the paper we use
• Paper products use up at least 35 percent of the world's annual commercial wood harvest.
• The highest point in Ohio is said to be "Mount Rumpke," which is a "mountain" made up of trash -- at a sanitary landfill!