What does Green I.T. mean to PCS?

FUEL EFFICIENCY

While PCS does have a fleet of vans and larger trucks for the delivery of equipment, where possible, we employ our fleet of Toyota Yaris vehicles for the delivery of small items and services to our clients. Winner of the IntelliChoice Best Overall Value, Retained Value, Operating Costs, Fuel Costs, Lowest Operating Costs, Lowest Fuel Costs, and Lowest Ownership Costs, the Toyota Yaris lowers our cost to deliver impeccable products and services to our clients, emits fewer pollutants into the environment, and allows us to deliver value to our clients.

And with The Highest Possible Frontal and Side-Impact Crash Test Ratings, we’re also striving to deliver safely!

PAPER CONSUMPTION

Paper transactions? No thank you! True, PCS can deliver your invoices to you via the U.S. Postal Service, but we’d rather not. PCS urges customers to accept invoices and other daily transactions via electronic delivery. More than 99 million tons of paper and paperboard were used in the U.S. last year alone. Paper and paperboard are also the largest component of municipal solid waste – 34% of the U.S. waste stream!

Reducing our paper usage provides environmental and economic benefits:

• Fewer natural resources will be used for the production of paper.
• Air and water emissions from the production of paper will be reduced.
• Less space will be needed for the management and storage of paper documents.
• We'll spend less to buy paper.
• We'll save on supplies and maintenance of printers and copiers.
• We'll have less paper waste, lowering our costs for recycling and disposal, and reducing our impacts on the municipal waste stream.

And we haven’t stopped there! PCS continually reinvests in our processes to reduce our internal dependence on paper. From reengineering our entire inventory and production processes to reduce paper usage to smaller initiatives, like fax servers to eliminate fax printing, we’re reducing our costs and paper consumption. In fact, when we do use paper, we make every effort to separate those items that are recyclable for shredding and reuse. Guess what? We generate less waste to landfills!

TECHNOLOGY RECYCLING

Approximately 1 billion units of computer equipment will become potential scrap by 2010 according to the International Association of Electronics Recyclers. Is now the time for your company to decide how to deal with outdated computer equipment that is currently stockpiled in empty offices and closets? Outsourcing this responsibility to an expert can simplify the process and ensure safe disposal of the equipment. However, and ill-conceived asset retirement program may expose your company to potential data security risk and environmental liability.

With careful planning and the right partner, you can save time and resources, while mitigating privacy risks and environmental liabilities specific to your industry. PCS Technology Recycling has extensive experience in managing the asset retirement programs for small, medium, and enterprise businesses.

PCS offers technology recycling services and provides our customers with Certificates of Disposition guaranteeing that recycled assets never make it to a landfill. In fact, most assets are stripped of precious assets and recycled for reuse. And hard drives are physically ground to a granular level so data remains integrity remains intact!

In all, PCS strives to provide valuable services and products to customers with minimal impact on the environment. The products and services we provide are important and critical to the operations of our customers, but we believe we are smarter than we were yesterday. We believe that Green I.T. means we can deliver more robust products and services for the sustainable future if we contribute to the conservation of our resources.

The Sevier County School System started doing business with Personal Computer Systems, Inc. (PCS) almost seven years ago. It has been a very positive experience for us. PCS prices are very competitive. The sales people are friendly, eager to help, and are well informed about the latest technologies that are available. The people in the service department are professional, well trained in electronic repair, and courteous to customers. The owners of PCS listen to us and do what is necessary (within their means) to meet our needs. I would not hesitate to recommend PCS to anyone.


Sevier County Schools
Jerry Huskey