EPC’s Computer Recyling Blog

EPC Celebrates MO Sales Tax Holiday by Opening Warehouse to the Public

In an effort to help parents with the costs of sending their students back to school, Missouri has established this weekend as a Sales Tax Holiday. From 12:01 a.m. on Friday August 7th to midnight on Sunday the 9th, certain back to school items are deemed tax exempt.

Included in these tax exempt back to school items are personal computers and computer peripherals. To enhance this tax holiday, EPC is opening our warehouse to the public for a huge sale. All items will be at least 15% off of our already low prices in addition to the discount from the exempted tax.

On Saturday, August 8th, from 8am to 2pm only, customers can browse through the thousands of laptops, desktops, servers, printers and every other computer-realted hardware and peripherals that can be found in our warehouse – a space that is about the size of two football fields.

For more information about the Missouri Sales Tax Holiday stipulations, you can check out the Department of Revenue’s website.

Tags: August 8th, back to school, computer, Computers, desktops, epc, laptops, Missouri, peripherals, printers, sale, Sales Tax Holiday, servers, Tax Free Holiday, warehouse sale

EPC is Employer of the Year – Energy Efficiency

At a recent St. Charles Chamber of Commerce luncheon, EPC was awarded the 2009 Employer of the Year in the newly created Energy Efficient category. This award was mainly focused on our environmental commitment and their efforts to reduce energy consumption.
Presenting the award was St. Charles Mayor, Patty York who said in announcing the award, “EPC’s commitment to a clean environment by recycling paper, plastic and computer equipment, refurbishing components and avoiding landfills is excellent.” York added that EPC’s “involvement of your employees in state and national recycling organizations is commendable.”
In addition to the award, EPC was presented with 6 framed proclamations from the St. Charles City and County, the Missouri House and Senate, as well as the US House of Representatives.
President Dan Fuller accepted the award and commented on EPC’s 200+ employees, “While I had the pleasure of receiving the accolades for the award, this is much more about all of you and your commitment to EPC. Without a dedicated, hard working commitment by you none of these awards would be possible.”

Tags: employer of the year, energy efficiency, epc, epc inc., Patty York, st. charles, st. charles chamber of commerce

Recycle Your Computer AND Feed the Hungry!

In celebration of Earth Day, EPC will be donating all public recycling fees to a local food bank. There is a $5 per item charge for EPC to recycle your old computers and electronics. But from April 18th – 26th, EPC will be donating those fees to a local food bank. Additionally, individuals can donate 5 canned good items and EPC will waive the $5 fee, and include those canned goods in the donation. Bring in those old electronic items you’ve been meaning to get rid of and take this opportunity to help the environment and the community.

Tags: canned good drive, Computer Recycling, earth day, Electronics Recycling, environment, food bank donation, food drive, public recycling, recycling

Redbirds Go Green – Cardinals add Recycling to their Lineup

The grass in Busch Stadium isn’t the only thing green this baseball season. Now in its second season, the St. Louis Cardinals’ “For a Greener Game” campaign continues to recycle the trash that fans leave behind in the stands. Last season, stadium employees collected and recycled 220 tons of cardboard, paper, aluminum and plastic that, in past seasons, would’ve ended up in a landfill.

In a further effort to contribute to the local community, the “For a Greener Game” initiative has joined with the St. Patrick Center in order to help homeless St. Louisans find meaningful and gainful employment.

In addition to the season-long recycling efforts, there are a couple of games that are specifically dedicated to going green. Those games are on Earth Day, 4/22 and World Environment Day, 6/5, and include discounted tickets, an environmental expo and a “For a Greener Game” organic tee shirt.
Go Redbirds! Go Green!

Tags: baseball, busch stadium, cardinals, earth day, Environmental, for a greener game, green, landfill, recycling, redbirds, St. Louis, st. patrick center, world environment day

Social Networking at Work Makes Employees MORE Productive

A study conducted by Australian scientists found that employees who participate in “workplace Internet leisure browsing” (WILB) are actually more productive than their coworkers who do not. We’re not talking about those who have Internet addictions and spend the majority of their work time online. Rather, this applies to employees who spent less than 20% of their time at work surfing the Internet and using social media sites. Whether it was due to the temporary and brief distraction or if there are other factors involved, the study found that those WILBers were 9% more productive than their co-workers who are not taking those leisurely breaks. While you’re WILBing today, check out the article for more details, Twitter about it, and then get back to being your productive self.

Tags: Internet usage, Productivity, Social Networking, WILB, Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing

The DDRV is heading to Texas… YeeHaw!

This Saturday, Josh & Dan are headed to Texas in DDRV 2. They’ll be heading through several major cities from St. Louis, including Oklahoma City, San Marcos and Austin, Texas, shredding thousands of hard drives as they go. It’s always an adventure with these two, so I’m looking forward to hearing what Josh will Twitter about.

Tags: data destruction, DDRV, hard drive shredding

EPC to Provide Electronics Recycling Education at St. Louis Earth Day

One of the oldest Earth Day celebrations in the Midwest, the 2009 St. Louis Earth Day Festival, is being held in Forest Park on 4/26 from 11am-6pm.  As the area’s leading recycler of electronics, EPC has been asked to educate the more than 25,000 festival participants about electronics recycling. Stop by  our educational booth at this year’s festival and learn why and how we recycle electronics.  Our environmental efforts have earned EPC the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2008 Heroes of the Planet Award. If you can’t make it to the festival, you can check out our website for more information on how you can help EPC in our efforts to prevent electronics and their hazardous parts from ending up in landfills.

Tags: Earth Day Festival, Electronics Recycling, Environmental, recycling, St. Louis