"Creative Recycling provides an environmentally friendly way for us to recycle the electronic machines," said Secretary Browning. "This is the best option for Florida as we move forward in implementing a paper based, optical scan voting system."
Creative Recycling, a major electronics recycler, will be responsible for picking up the 29,000 touch screen machines from 18 Florida counties. Once the machines are on site in Tampa, the first priority will be to remarket the machines to other jurisdictions in the United States and in the world. Next, Creative Recycling will de-manufacture the touch screen and sell the usable parts, for example, the wheels on the voting booths or the screen of the machine. After all components are remarketed, the remaining parts will be recycled.
