HESSTECH, EDISON-BASED TECHNOLOGY RECYCLER, HONORED BY DEP FOR INNOVATIVE RECYCLING PROGRAM
June 19, 2007 – EDISON, NJ – Hesstech LLC, a company specializing in technology recycling, was recently awarded a plaque of appreciation from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection for its unwavering commitment to raising the bar and setting an example for environmentally sound recycling practices through innovative technologies and service offerings. Most recently, Hesstech offered Middlesex County College students and teachers with a free and environmentally safe way to recycle computer equipment.
“The simplest thing to do is to throw an old and useless computer in the trash, but that’s also the worst thing you could do,” said David Zimet, Hesstech president. “Letting harmful components like leaded glass and batteries end up in a landfill can wreak all sorts of environmental havoc.”
Zimet started Hesstech 10 years ago so that companies and governing bodies would have ready access to environmentally sound disposal methods for obsolete equipment. Offering a computer recycling depot to college students – like the one for MCC in mid-April – was a next logical step. Plans are in the works to offer similar depots to higher learning institutions throughout the state of New Jersey.
While several companies received recognition for innovative recycling technologies or programs, Hesstech was the only electronics recycler to be singled out for an award.
“It was an honor to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with so many other award recipients, and with notables like former Governor Jim Florio, Senator Bob Smith and NJDEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson, all of whom are committed to building and strengthening New Jersey’s recycling programs and improving our environment,” Zimet said. Awards were presented in Trenton on April 24, at an event to celebrate Earth Day and the 20th anniversary of New Jersey's Recycling Act.
Zimet has been involved with New Jersey’s recycling programs since their beginning. Fresh out of college (Rutgers’ Cook College), Zimet took a job with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, where he worked with state and county officials to develop a wide range of recycling programs, from curbside collection to the organization of countywide Household Hazardous Waste collection events.
Later, Zimet developed and managed New Jersey’s first approved demanufacturing facility and municipal collection program in Union County, which soon became the country’s first ongoing, state-funded program designed to collect data and study the characteristics and toxicity of electronics disposed of in the municipal waste stream.
An increased interest shown by the commercial sector for secure solutions to waste management problems, and a growing interest in corporate environmental liability issues, prompted Zimet to found Hesstech in December 1997.
As a leader in the field of electronic waste recycling, Zimet works closely with worldwide and national Fortune 500 companies to provide tailored, environmentally sound solutions for computer and laboratory equipment asset recovery, and electronic waste management needs.
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