Global Environmenal Services on Lee Cruse Live, WLEX 18

Lexington, KY – Electronic products waste, known as “e-waste,” with its huge volume and hazardous nature, poses a daunting challenge for our times. Global Environmental Services (GES), founded in 2008 by Kenny Gravitt, has stepped up to that challenge with a business model that distinguishes it from other recyclers.

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GES is very proud to receive a letter of commendation from Congressman Ben Chandler of Kentucky’s Sixth District. Mr. Chandler writes:

I had the opportunity to tour your facility last year during the August recess and was very impressed by your commitment to ensure e-waste is recycled in a responsible manner. To know that GES has a zero waste policy which means no waste enters our landfills and requires the same from its downstream partners, makes me very proud to have your facility located in my district.

Then he applauds GES on it’s affects on Kentucky’s community, environment and economy:

Small businesses are an important part of Kentucky’s economy, and I know GES has already grown in the short time since opening, creating much needed jobs here which cannot be shipped overseas. I commend your outstanding commitment to our environment as well as to our community, and applaud your company for being an e-steward.

You can read the full letter here

GEORGETOWN, KY, November 25, 2009 The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that the unemployment rate rose to 10.2 in the month of October.  Some of greatest job losses were from the manufacturing industry.  So, it’s very interesting to note what is taking place at a small company in central Kentucky that is adding jobs consistently in the “de-manufacturing” industry. Continued…

For Immediate Release

September 2, 2009 (Seattle)

The Basel Action Network is pleased to announce that the non-profit environmental watchdog has recognized Global Environmental Services, LLC of Georgetown, KY as an e-Steward™ electronics recycler, a designation awarded to North American electronics recyclers and asset managers who have been qualified as upholding the highest standard of environmental and social responsibility. “We congratulate Global Environmental Services on passing our rigorous review,” says Jim Puckett, BAN’s Executive Director. “The public and GES’s customers can feel confident that, unlike most of the electronics recycling industry, Global Environmental Services does not use dumping, prison labor, or poor laborers in developing countries to process e-waste. It is an expensive and complex process to recycle electronics so the poisonous byproducts do not hurt people or the planet. In an industry rife with fraud and false claims, only e-Stewards can prove they are responsible and ethical.”

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IN ONE YEAR, U.S. SMALL BUSINESS SAVES OVER 1 MILLION POUNDS OF STEEL, PLASTICS, COPPER FROM LANDFILLS

Kentucky-based electronics recycler supports local community and the world

GEORGETOWN, KY, July 29, 2009 – According to a recent poll from Intuit Payroll of 1000 U.S. small business owners, 61% are optimistic about prospects for growth even in light of the continuing worldwide recession. And Kenny Gravitt, who heads up Global Environmental Services (GES), a leading nationwide electronics recycler, has more reason than most to cheer. Certified in Kentucky yet serving the world, GES is a stellar example of the tenacity, smarts and passion that are a hallmark of the most successful American-led small businesses.

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Low-tech solutions no match for a high-tech problem, warns U.S. e-recycler

GEORGETOWN, KY, July 7, 2009 – Americans are highly vulnerable to data theft from discarded computers, cautions leading nationwide electronics recycler, Global Environmental Services (GES).

Contrary to the practice espoused by James Durie of the FBI in a recent PBS-TV “Frontline World” exposé on electronic waste, smashing a hard drive with a hammer will not destroy data from a discarded computer. Digitally encoded data resides deep within the drive on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces; cybercriminals can take just a small piece of that platter and use algorithms to dissect valuable personal, professional, and financial information. Continued…

On April 25, 2009, GES collected over 4 TONS of e-waste from Georgetown, KY, for a community earth day event.

On April 18, 2009, GES partnered with Good Foods Co-Op in Lexington, KY for community earth day awareness program.