Founded in Jacksonville, Florida in 1993 by Jack Jones Jr. Before anyone else had a framework for electronic recycling, Recycling E-Scrap was already doing it. Properly.
In 1993, as computers entered every home and office in America, a problem was quietly growing. Nobody had a responsible way to dispose of them. CRT monitors and old PCs were going straight to landfills, leaching lead, mercury, and cadmium into groundwater.
Jack Jones Jr. saw it happening and built the alternative. His Jacksonville operation became the first EPA-approved electronic recycling facility in the United States. For seven years, it was the only one. Semi-loads arrived from halfway across the country. The industry eventually caught up. Recycling E-Scrap stayed ahead.
We’ve since diverted millions of pounds of e-scrap from landfills, served over 2,300 corporate and government clients, and built a reputation that still brings clients to Jacksonville from across Florida, South Georgia, and beyond.
First in the United States 1993
Jack Jones Jr. establishes the first EPA-approved alternative to CRT dumping in the United States. Jacksonville, FL becomes the nation’s first e-scrap recycling hub.
For seven years, Recycling E-Scrap is the sole EPA-certified e-scrap operation in the country. Semi-loads arrive from across the United States.
As the company grows and the industry begins to form around it, operations expand and formalize under a new corporate structure.
Modern rebrand to align with the growing e-scrap industry terminology. Services expand to include full ITAD, HIPAA-compliant data destruction, and nationwide pickup coordination.
Still operated by Jack Jones Jr. from Jacksonville. Still answering the phone personally. Still the most experienced electronics recycler in Florida.
E-waste in landfills releases toxic materials like lead, mercury, cadmium, and beryllium into our soil and water every day. That’s why we created Wilber, the Ecologically-Minded Landfill Worm, with one simple message: don’t be a worm. Recycle your computers properly and help keep toxic waste out of our landfills.
Millions of pounds diverted from landfills. Materials responsibly processed and recycled, not dumped.
HIPAA-compliant data destruction. No data leaves a client's premises intact. Full chain-of-custody on every job.
You call, Jack picks up. We've served over 2,300 corporate clients without ever losing the personal service our first client received
The two businesses were built to work together. Electronics recycled at our Beaver Street facility are evaluated for reuse. Computers and laptops that can be refurbished go to Computer Depot Jack’s on Bowden Road, where they’re tested, cleaned, and sold to Jacksonville residents at affordable prices.
Residential customers who bring their old electronics to Computer Depot Jack’s earn JackCash: $10 loyalty coupons redeemable on any in-store purchase. The recycling loop is complete. Nothing is wasted.
Thirty years. 2,300 clients. Still the same personal service. Call us.
