A woman-owned electronics recycler, Turtle Wings, expands in mid-Atlantic and North East. Including classified materials, the certified data destruction division, Data Killers, now offers both on-site and off-site shredding of hard drives and back-up tapes.

These days, Turtle Wings Electronics Recycler seems to be all over the place.

Coinciding with a number of Earth Day activities, in April, Turtle Wings held collection events in conjunction with WRNR Annapolis, Reston Association, Potomac School, Whole Foods, and Cox Communications. Turtle Wings executives have been featured speakers at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and at the Sustainable Business Network of Washington.

With a no e-waste landfill policy that facilitates the reuse and recycling of electronics, Turtle Wings is a woman-owned company. President to of Turtle Wings, Elizabeth Wilmot, commented: "Our mascot is emblematic of our dedication to recycling. The green turtle symbolizes our commitment to the Earth and the wings symbolize the ease with which we can come in and remove electronics and angelically save the earth from electronic waste. Our tag line has always been "The Earth Matters" and we urge people to be globally responsible in their daily lives".

Formed by the recent merger of Turtle Wings and PC Recycler, Turtle Wings picks up and recycle all unwanted electronic equipment throughout the mid-Atlantic and North East from there three locations. Turtle Wings also provides de-installation, removal and recycling services for: lab equipment; tape libraries; mainframes; telecom equipment; robotic arms; production equipment, etc.

Data Killers is a division of Turtle Wings that provides certified data destruction services to nationwide customers. Data Killers holds the federal government contract for destroying data and can shred and/or degauss any type of hard drive, blackberry, thumb drive, back-up tape, or cell phone. Data Killers provides both on-site and off-site data destruction services and can destroy up to and including classified materials.