Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. E-waste (electronic waste): including, but not limited to computers and laptops (hard drives and all batteries removed, inoperable), monitors, televisions, VCRs, stereos, copiers, microwaves, DVD players, radios, laptops, cell phones, telephones, scanners, servers, network equipment, tablets, electronic readers, fax machines, electronic medical equipment, flat TV and CRT units, keyboards, cords, and other common electronic products. The annual weight of electronic waste produced in 2023 is 122 tons (this weight includes shredded hard drives). All laptops, computer units and towers will have had their hard drives removed. The University of Kentucky procedures for preparing electronic storage devices for disposition requires the hard drives to be removed prior to disposition or transfer. The University of Kentucky has concerns related to identity theft, standards compliance, environmental liability, protecting confidential student, employee, and medical records, safeguarding institutional information all while considering the environmental impact of obsolete and/or surplus of electronic equipment. The University needs for our electronic equipment to be treated as working products and to be properly recycled. Further, we require that the Federal Resource Conversation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is followed, restricting the disposal of items containing hazardous material into a landfill. Offeror will provide clear and independently verifiable information on the chain of processing and ultimate disposition of its electronic discards. The offeror will also provide gaylords to be used for storage and transportation of electronic waste and clear instruction for preparing material for transportation and handling. The University of Kentucky uses about 50 Gaylords every 2 weeks. 2. Shredded Hard Drives: All hard drives will be already destroyed by a conical punch. Offerors will be expected to shred all hard drives sent. The University will collect and send the hard drives in locked black wheeled carts and will expect to get the carts back after they are emptied. 3.Toner and Printer Cartridges – The University of Kentucky collects used printer cartridges and toner bottles from all campus units, for recycling. The annual average weight produced in 2023 was 2.46 tons. The printer cartridges and toner bottles will be loose, in cardboard boxes and/or individual bags, mixed in Gaylords. The offeror will also provide gaylords to be used for storage and transportation of printer cartridges and toner bottles, and clear instruction for preparing material for transportation and handling. 4. Batteries – The University of Kentucky collects about 9.5 tons of batteries on an annual basis. The batteries include, but not limited to: alkaline 9 volt or smaller, coin or button, rechargeable, lithium for laptops, other lithium batteries, lead acid, gel, ballasts, Ni-Cd, Nickel Metal Hydride, mercury, silver oxide, zinc air, UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems and others. The annual weight in 2023 was 13.87 tons. The Offeror should provide metal or plastic drums for storage and transportation, and clear instructions of how each type of battery needs to be prepared for transportation. 5. Spent Lamps/Lightbulbs – The University of Kentucky collected in 2023 3.95 tons of lightbulbs, including, but not limited to: incandescent, halogen, compact fluorescents, LED tubes, LED light bulbs, and High Intensity Discharge lightbulbs and others.
