Yesterday, NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory which carries a car sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral occurred at 10:02 am local time. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said “MSL will tell us critical things we need to know about Mars, and while it advances science, we’ll be working on the capabilities for a human mission to the Red Planet and to other destinations where we’ve never been.”

The mission will go on for 2 years and will pioneer precision landing technology and a sky-crane touchdown to place Curiosity near the foot of a mountain inside Gale Crater on Aug. 6, 2012. The rover will investigate whether the region has ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life, including the chemical ingredients for life. Mars Science Laboratory Project Manager Peter Theisinger of NASA said: “The launch vehicle has given us a great injection into our trajectory, and we’re on our way to Mars, the spacecraft is in communication, thermally stable and power positive.”

The mission’s landing site offers Curiosity access for driving to layers of the mountain inside Gale Crater. Observations from orbit have identified clay and sulfate minerals in the lower layers, indicating a wet history.

With this mission, we could be one step closer to finding out if, in the future we could potentially build infrastructures like hotels and casino, restaurants or even stores. Could Mars become a top holiday destination? We never know… Only time will tell!

Our Facilities

Global Environmental Services’s state of the art 70,000 square foot facility is protected with multiple layers of electronic security and backed up by a camera system throughout our Kentucky campus.

• 24-hour video surveillance with state of the art infra-red motion detectors
• Client web portal access to watch the processing of their secure data
• Internal inventory processing and data integrity management systems in real-time from anywhere in the world

GES has added several national locations throughout the United States to support our ever-growing customer base, GES now has locations in Monroe, MI, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Austin, TX and Jacksonville, FL.

We are also very proud to announce we are near completion of our ISO 14001 (Environmental), 9001 (Quality) and OHSAS 18001 (Health and Safety) certifications. GES has been audited by BAN and vetted by several major OEMs through a comprehensive downstream audit performed by ERM, the most prestigious Environmental Auditors in the world. We are proud to say that we passed those audits with high marks.

IT Asset Recovery

GES’s Industry Expert Asset Managers have over 3 decades of experience remarketing retired IT assets. We can provide accurate and up-to-the-minute pricing for used technology of any model, configuration or condition of equipment. We have the expertise to provide the same information at the component level, and our network allows us to provide consistent product availability and pricing information.

IT assets consist of PC’s (both PC and Apple), Laptops, Printers, Copiers, LCD Displays, Peripherals, Servers, Phone Systems, Consumer Electronics, PDA’s, Cell Phones, and more. Our goal is to maximize your ROI (Return on Investment) for your IT assets. We do this by re-marketing your IT assets when authorized in many developed sales channels such as internet retailers, wholesalers, distributors, brokers, eBay and more.

Need a system or part? Let us know what you need and we’ll deliver!

IT Asset Recovery Programs

TEST AND AUDIT

Once we have determined that your IT assets have market place value, they are put through our comprehensive Test and Audit process. Our technicians document by product category complete configurations, cosmetic grading and functional condition of each asset by serial number. This report is shared with you via Excel Spreadsheet and reviewed with you by your dedicated account manager.

REVENUE SHARE

The Revenue Share program typically yields the highest ROI for you. This program enables GES to inventory and sell your IT assets over a period of time. Once your inventory is sold you retain the majority of the proceeds from the sales.

GRID PROGRAM

The Grid Program enables you to recover value immediately after the Test and Audit process. Our Asset Managers determine what your IT assets are worth in today’s market and payment to your organization is made promptly.

Special Programs

IT ASSET REDEPLOYMENT

This program gives you the ability to have your IT assets consolidated, tested, repaired, stored and redeployed to multiple locations nationwide. If interested, ask your account manager for more details on this program or contact GES directly.

EMPLOYEE PURCHASE PROGRAMS

Many organizations would like to give the benefit of purchasing their retired IT assets to their employees first. Most organizations find this difficult because of supporting their employees after the sale. GES can facilitate this program for you in all facets of the sale. If interested, ask your account manager for more details on this program or contact GES.

DONATIONS

In this world of Corporate Responsibility, many organizations would like to donate IT assets to their favorite charities. However, most charities would actually prefer funds and not the IT assets themselves. GES will re-market your IT assets and provide the value back to you or if you choose, we can donate the return directly to the charity of your choice in your name. If interested, ask your account manager for more details orcontact GES. We guarantee donations will not be gambled at safe online casinos.

Data Destruction

We are fully insured to meet the strict data destruction guidelines of our customers. All our recycling and destruction procedures are facilitated on-site at our state of the art facility in Georgetown, Kentucky.

GES provides the required Recycling and Destruction Certificates to assist our clients in complying with several federal mandated acts such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gramm-Leach-Biley Act, Bank Secrecy Act, HIPPA, Identity Theft, Assumption Deterrence Act and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act. We are fully compliant with Section 3010 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

GES has a custom hard drive shredder and paper shredder on site and we deliver all necessary documentation to verify that we have followed through on secure data destruction. We can also provide our clients with a secure website where they can view from anywhere in the world real-time security video of their hard drive destruction.

Monthly random audits by an independent audit facility ensure that no data can be recovered from the hard drives we process at GES.

We are proud members in good standing of three of the most prestigious organizations in the Recycling and Data Destruction Industry: BAN, Basel Action Network, one of only 34 companies in the world to be qualified e-Stewards; ISRI, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries; and NAID, National Association of Information Destruction.

We use only auditable, EPA-compliant downstream partners who adhere to our charter as a zero landfill electronics recycler. All GES downstream partners are transparent, creditable, and auditable.

Global Environmental Services guarantees that your data is unrecoverable and the process is complete.

No exceptions.

* Hardware title of ownership is transferred to GES to eliminate your liability.

Electronics Recycling (eRecycling)

At GES we believe in the Highest Use Principle. Our first goal is always to re-use a whole unit as long as our customers allow us. If that is not feasible, due to the condition or age of the equipment, we then look to reuse parts from that unit. As a last resort, we break down each and every item and return the original parts back to the manufacturing stream via our BAN e-Stewards approved downstream diligence.

We do not landfill and we do not export.

In the last year alone, we processed over one million pounds of electronic waste. Thats over 1,200 tons of steel, copper, and plastics, thousands of printers and phones and hundreds of shredded hard drivesthat could fill 20 football fields. NONE of our eRecycling processes, at anytime, tolerate trashing our plant by land filling any piece of equipment. More importantly, we refuse to export our waste to ruin the lives of others, who have no choice in the matter, but to live and work in unacceptable conditions. Cleaning up the planet does not mean moving electronic waste somewhere that it is not seen.

In order to harvest the maximum amount of parts and value from these electronics, we use a process of manual dismantle and salvage. We take pride in knowing that also means creating jobs back into our economy. It is important to GES to know that we provide a means for our employees to sustain their lifestyle, and provide for their families.

In addition, we do not outsource any labor to the prison system because we simply value the security of the information contained on your equipment and only use facilities we can randomly audit. All demanufacturing is done in our fully secured Georgetown, KY facility.

We invite you to take a tour and audit for yourself.

“In an industry not known for environmentally-friendly practices, we stand out. We recycle all kinds of electronics – computers, printers, cell phones, you name it. We destroy data using the most secure methods and we re-use materials whenever possible. Our numbers tell the truth. We know exactly where everything goes – which can’t be said for a number of our competitors.”