This report from 60 Minutes brought millions of people out of the darkness about the underground network of e-waste disposal in third world countries.

This video, Exporting Harm, is from the Basel Action Network (BAN)

This video from the Basel Action Network (BAN) highlights the e-Stewards program.

This video from CBC TV highlights e-Waste throughout the world.

The video below is special report from the Basel Action Network (BAN) about the sending the world’s e-waste to Africa.

Here is a video from PBS Frontline that focuses on the e-waste problem in Ghana

The Lexington Herald Leader wrote an excellent article on GES and it’s services. Check out this quote from Kenny Gravitt, GES’s Managing Partner.

Kenny Gravitt dropped a computer hard drive in the hopper atop a large machine. There was a grinding noise, and bits of aluminum and plastic clattered into a bin below.

“I don’t think you’re going to recover much data from that,” Gravitt said, smiling broadly as he scooped up a handful of shards.

Read the entire Lexington Herald Leader article

ComputerWorld published an article about and GES’s Kenny Gravitt was mentioned in the article.

Kenny Gravitt spent 33 years working at IBM and Lexmark International Inc. recovering used hardware assets and reusing the parts in refurbished goods or selling them. After a brief but boring stint in retirement, Gravitt started Global Environmental Services LLC, a 20-employee electronics recycling company in Georgetown, Ky., last summer.

Read the ComputerWorld article

USA Today published an article about Dell banning exporting e-waste. GES’s Kenny Gravitt was mentioned (and photographed!) in the article.

Kenny Gravitt of Global Environmental Services showed a handful of destroyed hard drives in a secure section of his facility in Georgetown, Ky., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. GES recycles electronic waste for businesses, municipalities and individuals.

Read the USA Today article