IT asset disposition firm Corporate E-Waste Solutions recently named the directors of operations for ITAD facilities in Arizona and Kansas, the latest in the company’s rapid growth since its founding in 2016.
In the last two years, Los Angeles-headquartered CEWS opened ITAD facilities in Phoenix, Arizona, and Olathe, Kansas. Both facilities provide shredding for commodity recovery, device dismantling and data destruction services. The Phoenix facility also has a $1 million shredding system installed to meet greater demand for material recovery in the region, according to CEWS. In a press release this week, the company named Mike Susmark director of operations of the Phoenix facility and Philip Serrone director of operations of the Olathe facility.
CEO Eric Chu wrote in the press release that the two hires “align perfectly with our mission to solve tomorrow’s unrelenting problem of e-waste today through responsible and comprehensive electronics recycling and disposition methods.”
In 2024, the Phoenix and Olathe facilities each recycled 10 million pounds of e-scrap, with 70 million pounds across all CEWS facilities, according to the press release. In addition to Los Angeles, Phoenix and Olathe, the company operates sites in Hayward, California, and Mexicali, Mexico.
Chiman Lee, director of remarketing and marketing, said CEWS has expanded quickly to meet the ever-growing demand for e-scrap recycling.
“Our CEO had the vision of kind of expanding and growing our footprint, because there was such a need to provide this e-waste recycling service to the majority of our customers,” Lee said in an interview.
CEWS also runs a program called Tech for Good, where companies donate devices to be wiped, refurbished and donated to lower income communities in California. According to Lee, CEWS has donated 3,000 laptops since the initiative began in 2020.
In addition to receiving feedstock from business customers, CEWS collects consumer e-scrap at community collection events. According to Lee, CEWS also has government contracts at the city, state and federal levels, including for certain prison systems.
Lee said the company will continue expanding to meet client needs, including expanding their footprint to a global scale, likely starting with services in Canada.
“I think it’s a worldwide goal. … I think there’s growing need for international recycling,” Lee said. “There’s definitely interest from a lot of our clients that do have locations outside of the U.S., but we’re looking into it.”
Lee also said the company is in the early phases of creating an ESG reporting system, where clients will be able to track the difference they make by recycling with CEWS. ESG reports include metrics like carbon emissions and environmental impacts prevented by recycling e-scrap.
