London UK Award-Winning Computer Recycling Company Expands to Help Businesses

Computer recycling solutions for London, UK.

(PRWEB) April 10, 2006 -- E-waste is the fastest-growing type of waste thrown out by households and companies as the IT industry updates products faster and faster. A new PC is now obsolete in two years and millions of them end up on landfill waste sites each year. Now a new EU directive will require businesses to reuse and recycle their redundant electrical equipment rather than dump it landfills. The European Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive will come into force later this year, and recycling company Maxitech.biz has been praised by Secretary of State for the Environment Margaret Beckett MP for the help it is offering businesses anxious to ensure they do not fall foul of the new law.

The Secretary of State recently singled out Maxitech for praise, highlighting the company's commitment to tackling social exclusion. She said: 'Maxitech must be congratulated on adopting a proactive approach to the WEEE Directive and in providing training and employment opportunities in this field for unemployed people from disadvantaged backgrounds. I am sure that facilities like Maxitech will be key to fulfilling the UK's obligations under the WEEE Directive to reuse, treat and recycle waste electrical equipment.'

Peter Paduh, Managing Director of Maxitech.biz, recently voted Young Businessperson of the year by the London Chamber of Commerce and ITV, said: 'Society is becoming ever more dependent on computerized technologies, but that creates the problem of outdated equipment. An estimated two million working Pentium or equivalent PCs are dumped in landfill sites in the UK every year, creating a massive environmental hazard. Our priority is to prevent old computers from becoming an environmental liability, and instead turn them into a valuable resource for charities and community groups.'

As well as providing an ethical solution to the problem of redundant electronic equipment, Maxitech offers IT training opportunities to inexperienced jobseekers from all social and racial backgrounds, including refugees. The new North London site will create an extra 100 such training opportunities each year. Paduh says: 'We are trying to help these people overcome the pattern of social exclusion because as a former refugee from the Balkans myself, I know how hard it can be to fulfil your potential in a new country with a different language.'

Notes to editors

Maxitech.biz
Maxitech is a multi-award-winning company dedicated to reusing and recycling redundant IT and electronic equipment. Maxitech is based in North London, but can arrange for the nationwide collection of IT and electronic equipment at low cost. Maxitech's preference is to reuse equipment received, thus prolonging its lifespan, minimizing waste and benefiting charities and community groups who receive low-cost or free IT equipment.
Further information: www.maxitech.biz

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