500 Million computers became “obsolete” last year. Large numbers of  those still have a valuable life outside of landfills. Many of these obsolete computers are being dumped and exported to places like China where the polyvinyl is often being burned off to reach the precious metals, releasing toxins into our atmosphere. These toxins then ultimately reach the Jet Stream and end up back over the United States.

As seen on a recent 60 Minutes piece, “Wasteland” (air date: 11/9/08), an astounding number of asset disposal companies (42 of them) are willing to illegally export IT assets.

XS International is committed to the environment.

XSi adheres to a strict no landfill policy, does not export any eWaste, and has always believed the best use of IT assets to be reuse. When Todd A. Bone founded XS International in 1990, his goal was always to find new lives for so called “obsolete” IT assets. XSi has spent the last 18 years providing asset recovery programs for its clients and refurbishing and remarketing that equipment to end users.

Mr. Bone recently completed recording an interview on SkyRadio’s “Environmental Watch” program. The program that aired in February 2009 onboard American and Northwest Airlines flights. Please visit our website to hear it in advance.

XSi recently partnered with electronics recycler, CloudBlue, to offer its clients all aspects of IT asset disposition from one vendor. To read the press release, please click here.

XSi is proud to support the efforts of The Basel Convention, The WEEE Directive and others. For more information, visit The Environmental Protection Agency.

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