Classic Computer Recovery looks at big staff bump next year

metromode, 4/23/2009

Classic Computer Recovery is on a nice little growth kick now, but hopes to really go gangbusters within the next year.

The Garden City-based firm has hired five people in the last three months, bringing its staff to 23 people. That doesn't include the 6-8 positions it has open right now. The company expects to add up to 200 people within the next year if its business plans pan out.

Classic Computer Recovery specializes in recycling electronics, such as TVs and computers. It started seven years ago when Linda McFarland started to make the switch from asset recovery in electronics to recycling.

"It was a brand new area to plug my background into," McFarland says. "It keeps me very busy."

The company makes more money by recycling things like computers, rather than TVs. Metro Detroit households have old versions of both sitting in their garages, attics and closets. If it offers to recycle both at the same time, it will gladly take the money-losing TVs in exchange for the profitable computer systems.

It's holding one of these electronic recycling events from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at L’Anse Creuse High School, 38495 L’Anse Creuse Street in Harrison Township.

Source: Linda McFarland, president and CEO of Classic Computer Recovery
Writer: Jon Zemke

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