AnythingIT and Samsung Electronics Enter 6th Year of S.T.A.R. US Toner Recycling Program
August 08 2012 - 9:46AM
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AnythingIT, Inc. (OTCBB: ANYI), a leading information technology
electronics recycler and e-waste handler serving both government
and commercial markets for over 20 years, and Samsung Electronics
America today announced they are entering the sixth consecutive
year partnering on the Samsung Electronics Take-Back and Recycle
(S.T.A.R.) US Toner Program.
This year marks an important milestone for the S.T.A.R. program
as Samsung Electronics and reseller partner NWN Corporation were
recently awarded the printer refresh and recycling services
contract by the State of California's Department of General
Services.
The contract will provide State agencies with new, more energy
efficient Samsung printers as well as the S.T.A.R. toner and
printer recycling program in partnership with AnythingIT for the
next three to five years. It is mandatory for State agencies and is
available to all local governments, public educational institutions
and special districts throughout California. The totals to be
recycled could be up to tens of thousands of laser printers and
hundreds of thousands of cartridges over the life of the
contract.
"The S.T.A.R. program has been one of Samsung's most successful
customer support initiatives in the past five years, and has
exhibited consistent and dramatic growth since its launch in 2007,"
said Tod Pike, senior vice president, Samsung Electronics America's
Enterprise Business Division. "This voluntary and environmentally
responsible recycling program has been enthusiastically embraced by
Samsung printer owners, who appreciate the simplicity and
convenience of using the U.S. Postal Service as a return logistics
provider. AnythingIT has been an exceptionally supportive and
reliable partner for Samsung in deploying and managing the S.T.A.R.
program, meeting every performance benchmark we have set while
insuring that our customers enjoy a world-class recycling
experience."
"At NWN our mission is to help our customers solve business
problems through technology, and partnering with Samsung was the
perfect solution," said Matt Niemann, vice president of strategic
contracts for NWN. "Samsung's S.T.A.R. Program, in partnership with
AnythingIT, not only met and exceeded California's standards for
technical, service and small business related issues, it has
provided us with a partnership that will help solve business,
economic and environmental issues for the entire State."
The environmentally compliant S.T.A.R. Toner Recycling program
will track the return of spent toner cartridges. Using a specially
developed barcode which uniquely identifies every individual
cartridge and a backend tracking system, Samsung will record and
report to the State the returns of empty Samsung cartridges by
individual State agencies and the total weight of the recycled and
recovered materials (plastics, metals, cardboard, etc.) which will
be reused to make new products. Under the S.T.A.R. program, Samsung
and AnythingIT ensure environmentally responsible end-of-life
management for empty toner cartridges and also laser printers that
can no longer be used for their original intended purpose.
For more information about innovative asset recovery programs
managed by AnythingIT, please contact AnythingIT at (877) 766-3050
or via the Internet at www.anythingit.com
About AnythingIT AnythingIT is a leading
asset management vendor and E-Waste handler serving OEM's,
Equipment Resellers, government and enterprise clients. Services
provided by the company include: data scrubbing, shredding,
inventory management, repair and remarketing of equipment and
recycling of parts and materials. AnythingIT has been operating
since 1992 and is a GSA Schedule Holder who has achieved R2 and ISO
14001 certification.
About Samsung Electronics America Enterprise
Business Division As a global leader in Information
Technology, Samsung's Enterprise Business Division (EBD) is
committed to bringing meaningful innovation to businesses of all
types from small and medium businesses to the Fortune 500 elite and
public agencies alike. Samsung offers a complete portfolio of
solutions including virtualization, printing, displays, notebook
and tablet PCs and digital signage that help reduce operating
costs, reduce the environmental footprint and encourage dynamic
learning. Samsung EBD is a division of Samsung Electronics America
(SEA), a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (SEC)
and is among the world's largest technology companies. For more
information, please visit www.samsung.com/business or calling
1-866-SAM-4BIZ.
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"potential," "plans," "suggests," "may," "should," "could,"
"intends," or similar expressions. Many forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause actual results to be materially different from any
future results or implied by such statements. These factors
include, but are not limited to, fluctuations in inventory
valuation and risk of declining prices of new computer equipment,
dependence on sales to the Federal government or prime contractors
for the Federal government, its ability to effectively compete, the
possible need to raise additional capital, a limited public market
for its common stock, among other risks. AnythingIT Inc.'s future
results may also be impacted by other risk factors listed from time
to time in its SEC filings. Many factors are difficult to predict
accurately and are generally beyond the company's control.
Forward-looking statements speak only as to the date they are made
and AnythingIT Inc. does not undertake to update forward-looking
statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the
date the forward-looking statements are made.
For further information, please contact: David Bernstein CEO
(201) 475-7300 Email Contact Tracy Siegel Allison+Partners for
Samsung (646)-428-0603 Email Contact
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