Young recycling advocate and influencer Ryan Hickman has posted a video about his visit to ERI, the nation’s leading material resource recovery, ITAD, mobility and data destruction/processing provider and largest recycler of electronics.
In 2012 at the age of three, Hickman went along with his dad to the local recycling center and cashed in a few small bags of cans and bottles and decided that recycling was in his future. He started a can and bottle recycling business called Ryan’s Recycling before he even turned four and over the next few years caught the attention of national media, appearing on every major network and winning awards for his efforts and passion for recycling at such a young age.
Among his media appearances was an interview he did with ERI Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO John Shegerian on the Impact Podcast when Hickman was 10 years old.
Hickman, now 16, is still making waves. He started a nonprofit (Project3R) and is a founder of another company called Recycle From Home which recycles with 15,000+ residential customers to provide a pick up and pay service at their doorstep for their cans and bottles as part of a pilot program with CalRecycle. He also still recycles with his Ryan’s Recycling customers on the weekends. Ryan has personally recycled nearly 2.5 million cans and bottles to date.
In the new video, Hickman is shown taking a guided tour of ERI’s Fresno location by Aaron Blum, ERI’s Co-Founder and Chief Compliance Officer. Throughout the tour, Blum describes how electronics of all kinds can be responsibly recycled and answers Hickman’s questions.
“It was a great experience visiting ERI’s Fresno e-waste recycling center,” said Hickman. “It was one of the coolest places I’ve ever toured.”
“At ERI we love sharing the impact of responsibly recycling electronics with the next generation of recyclers like Ryan,” said Shegerian. “We’ve gotten to know Ryan and his dad over the past few years and it is truly rewarding to see his own recycling efforts and platform continue to grow and evolve. It was a privilege to be able to show him around in person and provide him and his audience with a first-hand glimpse into what we do at ERI so they can see the circular economy of electronics in action.”
ERI currently maintains eight zero waste, zero emissions, carbon neutral electronics reuse and recycling facilities in the US, including its state-of-the-art headquarters location in Fresno, California shown in Hickman’s video. Earlier this year, ERI also launched its first three international locations – ERI Japan, ERI Vietnam and ERI India, with at least a dozen more international locations to be announced before the end of 2028.
ERI has been providing comprehensive electronic waste circularity services since 2002 and is ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, NAID AAA, R2 and BAN e-steward certified and is a fully carbon neutral organization, distinguishing the company as the world’s first electronic recycling and ITAD company to achieve carbon neutral status at all of its facilities nationwide.
ERI is the nation’s leading material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company. ERI is certified at the highest level by all leading environmental and data security oversight organizations to de-manufacture, recycle, and refurbish every type of electronic device in an environmentally responsible manner. It is the first company in its industry to achieve ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications for security and data protection. ERI has the capacity to process more than a billion pounds of electronic waste annually at its eight certified locations, serving every zip code in the United States with international facilities and partners serving over 140 countries. ERI’s mission is to protect people, the planet and privacy. For more information about circularity, ITAD services and e-waste recycling at ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit https://eridirect.com.
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