Tech dump

Techdump

Part of Tech Dump’s mission is to recycle and rebuild discarded electronics. The other part is to rebuild lives.

Tech Dump hires people who have “owned their past” and are ready to change their lives. Some of the company’s 45 employees have never held a real job, so there’s extensive training. That training often includes basic workplace “soft skills,” such as showing up on time, taking orders from a boss and dealing with workplace conflict.

That job can have a profound effect. She tells the story of a recent employee who came to them with a felony on his record. He drove for Tech Dump for nine months before being hired full time by Metro Transit, which comes with a middle-class wage and union benefits.

We have all types of grants that they can take advantage of to get restarted on life.

Tech Dump’s model of hiring and providing training to people with criminal records to help them get back into the job market was one reason Dan Rogers of Eagan-based IT firm Cadan Technologies formed a recycling partnership with the company. Rogers was also looking to hire some of Tech Dump’s more skilled workers and offer them higher wages as their next step to entering or re-entering the workforce.

Despite these barriers, many Tech Dump job program trainees become managers within the organization and then move on to other opportunities.

-All kinds of barrier programs that we provide as long as you meet the criteria, of working 90 days straight without missing 17 hours out of each month and you qualify for all grants

 - Up to $1500 for home security deposit -Finding a car getting your car fixed 

At Tech Dump, people have an opportunity to start a new pathway and make different decisions. “That’s part of Tech Dump’s story, too: we try to do better every day.”

If you are ready to change and have the support you need, Please come to our location at.

Tech Dump
860 Vandalia Street
St. Paul, MN 55114

M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
2nd & 4th Sat 9am-1pm

Recycling

 

Recycle. Refurbish. Responsibly.

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Tech Dump is proud to be R2 (Responsible Recycling) Certified, which involves a rigorous, annual, third-party audit of our processes and procedures. We hold ourselves to the highest standards to keep the Earth, our employees, and your data safe and secure.

Our Standards for Everyone.

All of our downstream vendors are closely evaluated to ensure they meet our requirements, which includes a thorough desk and onsite audit. Your ready-to-be-recycled devices are processed right here in the United States; we never export unprocessed materials out of the U.S. for disposal.

We work only with vendors who comply with these strict requirements. This approach applies for our entire scope of services: full-service end-of-life electronics recycling including collection, sorting, dismantling, testing, refurbishment, and data destruction.

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We Keep it Clean and Green.

Since the very beginning, it’s been our policy to prevent any polluting of our environment. We continually evaluate our processes for cleaner and greener environmental impact alternatives, which is why we emphasize reuse in our processes. 

Our environmental health and safety management system (EHSMS) was evaluated and approved for compliance to the R2: 2013 (Responsible Recycling) standard. This includes ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 compliance, legal compliance, and a thorough review of the company's focus material management plan, downstream due diligence, and data security procedures.

Business Used for Social Change.

We are committed to modeling ethical business practices within the industry, which has allowed us to grow even during these times where commodity markets are turbulent and unpredictable. This commitment has garnered us several local and national press articles and awards.