FPE Automation is rethinking the way we recycle old equipment, and it shows that one person can have a big impact

Julie Pearson Heads Up the FPE Automation Equipment Recycling Program

By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation, Inc. 

With technology and automation growing at unprecedented rates, the tendency is to give more thought to implementations than to recycling. While the life span of the products FPE Automation provides is exceptionally long, nothing lasts forever. What happens to obsolete or non-functioning electronic items?

At FPE Automation, one very special individual asked herself that question. 

Meet Julie. 

Several years ago, Julie Pearson had a vision. She recognized that if we don't properly discard the equipment we no longer need, it could end up in a place that was not good for the environment. At all of FPE Automation's locations, we already had the typical recycling bins in place. So, cans, bottles, cardboard and other items were already being discarded responsibly. Julie wondered what was going to happen to the unneeded electronics. 

Although it was not part of Julie's job description, she went above and beyond to conceptualize, then bring to life, a robust equipment recycling program for FPE Automation. 

Thousands of pounds of obsolete or broken equipment later, the program thrives here. 

FPE Automation is a local, family-owned business. We, along with our friends and families, live and work in the community. Protecting the environment around us is important to us, so we can't thank Julie enough for her efforts. 

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