SBIR: Fully automated, Self-Serve Electronics Recycling


Based in San Diego, Calif., ecoATM (www.ecoatm.com) is the first company to create an automated self-serve kiosk system that uses patented, advanced machine vision, electronic diagnostics, and artificial intelligence to evaluate and buy back used electronics directly from consumers for cash. ecoATM’s eCycling stations provide a convenient trade-in solution that: • electronically and visually inspects virtually any mobile consumer electronic device; • connects consumers real-time to broad worldwide secondary markets ensuring best possible pricing; • incorporates features that validate sellers’ identities and deter the sale of stolen phones and that enable the company to work closely with local law enforcement (http://ecoatm.com/law-enforcement.html); and • pays consumers immediately in cash.

ecoATM holds both Responsible Recycling (R2) and ISO14001 certification, confirming the company’s commitment to maintaining the highest standards of electronics recycling. See http://www.ecoatm.com/how-it-works.html for a video of how an ecoATM kiosk works.

It is worth noting that ecoATM has system has created a great deal of national press coverage by USA Today, CBS This Morning, CNN, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer and The Economist, and many others. To see media coverage, please visit http://ecoatm.com/in-the-news.html.

To view videos of how the system works, please visit http://www.ecoatm.com/how-it-works.html. To see photos of the system and to learn more about the company, please visit http://www.ecoatm.com/press-kit.html.

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