Motivated into Business

At a Glance Company: All Green Electronics Recycling     Founder and CEO: Arman Sadeghi     Headquarters: Tustin, Calif. Year Established: 2008 No. of Employees: 100 Website: www.allgreenrecycling.com Services Provided: Electronics recycling, IT asset management, refurbishment, resale and data security

You could say the 60 Minutes' expose on electronics recycling changed Arman Sadeghi's life. After viewing the piece, titled "Electronic Wasteland," which follows America's shipment of obsolete electronics to China, Sadeghi was moved to action. After six months of research into electronics recycling, the Iran native founded All Green Electronics Recycling, with the intent of providing profitable environmentally and socially responsible electronics recycling.

All Green Electronics Recycling provides solutions for unwanted and obsolete electronics to corporations, government entities and large and small businesses throughout California and Nevada as well as on a national scale. The company's electronics recycling plants in Sacramento and Tustin (Orange County), Calif., process a combined total of 4 million pounds per month of electronics. Much of this material comes from the collection network that All Green operates, which features more than 250 drop-off sites in California and Nevada, including a partnership with California State University campuses. The company also routinely hosts community collection events.

According to All Green Electronics Recycling, data is overwritten at no charge to Department of Defense standards on all incoming devices. The company provides documented certification verifying the destruction of data for a small fee.

Sadeghi describes himself as an ardent supporter of education and community programs and says at least 10 percent of his company's proceeds are donated back to the community.

He offers his thoughts on the future growth of All Green:

Q: What makes you different from your competitors?

A: We are able to provide our services to companies nationwide. Additionally, we do not ship anything overseas for processing. Lastly, we provide fully documented and certified data destruction to all customers.
 

Q: Where do you see your company five years from now?

A: In five years, All Green will have six major processing facilities, each over 100,000 square feet. All Green will also possess 25 smaller sorting and aggregation sites that are each about 20,000 to 40,000 square feet. These will be supported by over 5,000 drop-off locations.