Jobs Created from Computer Recycling for Tradwinds Workers

Properly recycling computer equipment creates security for the presenters, an eco-friendly solution to dumping in landfills and, for those involved in Trade Winds’ Secure Computer Destruction & Recycling program, work opportunities for eight workers with extra demands. On Thursday, two of those workers joined Trade Winds Industries Director Helen S. Rutkowski in loading of large pallets of computer equipment donated by The Times Media Co. Onto a truck for delivery to the new Trade Winds facility in Hobart.


A Hammond resident Brian Mills, 25, and Aaron Goff, 26, of Crown Point, have been part of the Trade Winds computer recycling program since its inception three years ago. They took computers and completely disassembled them and secured the hard drive destruction by oil production and boring holes into the tough ride. To make sure nobody got the data, they bent and twisted the metal disks in the hard drives using pliers that provided protection for the presenters of the recycled equipment because computer hard drives stored a bunch of people’s personal info.
They worked at a steady pace with aprons, baseball mitts and protective eyewear because there was a great deal of safety involved in the recycling program. Each earned $8.10 per hour in this Trade Winds program. Instead, they are partnering with an e-recycling society and incurring a few hundred dollars, this helps trains people for jobs. It’s been an environmentally responsible neighbor by not putting this equipment in landfills.

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