The "Good Point Ideas" blog is written by Robin Ingenthron, founder and CEO of Good Point Recycling and American Retroworks Inc. The purpose of the blog is to fully disclose the company's position, policies, and opinions, and to provide inside information on the business in order to promote recycling policy. We hope the blog does this in a way which invites dialogue, promotes discourse, and moves recycling policy forward. Robin believes that the industry has been accused of misleading consumers, and hopes that a "warts and all" blog which fully discloses the company's legal opinions and best practices, will temper cyncicism about green businesses and recycling policy.
The company's first motto was "we are who we say we are, and we do what we say we do", which is kind of a sad commentary on the e-waste recycling industry. We hope that in the future, people in Vermont and outside of Vermont, can once again take that for granted. In the meantime, feel free to use the search function on the blog to locate postings which may address a particular question on our company's Mexico operations, our export policies, our domestic recycling capacity, our hard drive data policy, or (more often) our insights into EPA, NGOs, and International Laws on mining, disposal, and recycling alternatives.
Robin Ingenthron, the blogger, is the President of American Retroworks Inc. (parent of Good Point Recycling, American Retroworks West, and Retroworks de Mexico). He is also founder of WR3A.org. Ingenthron left Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in 1998, where he had been Recycling Director and Deputy Director of Consumer Programs. During his time DEP, the agency wrote the first CRT disposal regulations, performed the first market research on CRT reuse and recycling, and established the first state contract for municipal CRT recycling (a state contract is enforceable by the Attorney General, giving it more power than a "Pledge" or even "Certification").
Ingenthron has a BA in International Relations from Carleton College, and spent a semester at the United Nations in Geneva. After graduation, Ingenthron joined the US Peace Corps, where he trained in Congo and was placed in Cameroon. He was hired by Peace Corps as a "cross cultural trainer" for new volunteers, before returning to the USA for his MBA. He worked as a consultant for operating systems software industry, and as a co-director of two recycling non-profit organizations.
Good Point Recycling is a member of Vermont Businesses For Social Responsibility, Association of Vermont Recyclers, and the World Reuse, Repair and Recycling Association [WR3A] an organization which establishes "Fair Trade" standards for surplus electronics exports, ensuring no "toxics along for the ride".
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