SAN DIEGO, Dec. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ecoATM, the
nationwide network of automated electronics recycling kiosks, today
unveiled its new environmentally friendly office space in Sorrento
Valley, California. The building
is over 53,000 square feet and was built to meet LEED®
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) requirements with a
Gold certification expected.
The average American cell phone is upgraded every 18 months, yet
less than 20 percent are recycled each year1. The
rest end up in drawers – or worse, in landfills. ecoATM is changing
that wasteful lifecycle with the first and only automated kiosk
that buys back used consumer electronics directly from consumers.
In San Diego County alone, ecoATM
has safely collected nearly 200,000 devices since 2010 – that's
almost three times the seating capacity of Qualcomm Stadium. The
company has also paid more than $3
million to residents of San Diego
County for their devices through its network of 36 kiosks in
the county, which are currently located in Vons and Ralphs
locations, malls and a Nexcom Navy Exchange downtown. Nationally,
ecoATM has collected three million devices and has 1,510
kiosks2.
"ecoATM combats the e-waste problem by making electronics
recycling easy for consumers – reuse and recycling is a part of our
business and has been in our DNA from the start," said Maria Stipp, president of ecoATM. "Our patented
kiosks, device collection milestones, environmental commitments,
and now our new building, are perfect examples of putting our brand
values into action. Our planned LEED certification underscores
ecoATM's environmental commitment, which extends beyond recycling
electronic devices to everything the company does."
In addition to the positive environmental impact, ecoATM is also
a part of the San Diego innovation
economy, employing nearly 300 full-time employees. Through direct
and indirect relationships with vendors and partners, such as
D&K Engineering, Pitney Bowes and Loomis, ecoATM impacts thousands more
individuals.
"We've been a part of ecoATM's history since it was part of the
EvoNexus Incubator and we've worked in lock step as the company has
grown – from raising money, spinning out of the Incubator and its
July 2013 acquisition by Outerwall,"
said Scott Dennis, CEO at D&K
Engineering. "San Diego has a
strong and growing technology community; ecoATM and D&K are
great examples of where manufacturing and innovation meet to spur
local jobs and community relationships."
In designing the building for LEED Gold certification, there are
specific sustainability attributes of the building, which
include:
- Electric vehicle charging stations: Three charging
stations encourage the adoption of electric vehicles and allow for
free charging during the workday.
- Recycled content: Over 30 percent recycled content in
construction products, including insulation, carpets and concrete.
Office furniture and seating averages 49 percent recycled
content.
- Energy performance: Reduced energy used for lighting to
20 percent below industry standard by installing LEDs, occupancy
sensors and efficient lighting controls.
- Water use reduction: Efficient water fixtures reduce
water usage by 32 percent compared to conventional fixtures, and
reduce the burden on the municipal water supply and wastewater
systems. With California
experiencing the drought that it is, this is incredibly
important.
For more information and locations, please visit
http://www.ecoatm.com/.
About ecoATM
ecoATM, an Outerwall Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTR) brand, is the first
company to create an automated self-serve kiosk system to buy back
old phones, tablets or MP3 players for cash. ecoATM uses patented,
advanced machine vision, electronic diagnostics, and artificial
intelligence to evaluate electronics. ecoATM's eCycling
stations provide a convenient trade-in solution with features that
validate sellers' identities and deter the sale of stolen phones,
and the company collaborates with national, state, and local
law-enforcement groups in combating mobile phone theft through
innovative use of technology and
education (http://www.ecoatm.com/law-enforcement/).
ecoATM holds Responsible Recycling (R2) and ISO14001
certification, confirming the company's commitment to maintaining
the highest standards of electronics recycling, as well as ISO27001
certification for information and personal data security. See
http://www.ecoatm.com/how-it-works/ for a video of how an ecoATM
kiosk works. For more information, visit www.ecoatm.com and
for more information about Outerwall Inc. please visit
www.outerwall.com.
About Outerwall Inc.
Outerwall Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTR) has more than 20 years of
experience creating some of the most profitable spaces for their
retail partners. The company mission is to create a better everyday
by delivering breakthrough kiosk experiences that delight consumers
and generate revenue for retailers. As the company that brought
consumers Redbox® entertainment, Coinstar®
money services, and ecoATM® electronics recycling
kiosks, Outerwall is leading the next generation of automated
retail and paving the way for inventive, scalable businesses.
Outerwall™ kiosks are in neighborhood grocery stores, drug stores,
mass merchants, malls, and other retail locations in the United States, Canada, Puerto
Rico, the United Kingdom,
and Ireland. Learn more at
www.outerwall.com.
1 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2 Locations and data as of September 30, 2014
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