Modern Waste Solutions holds three ISO management-system certifications, each audited by AMTIVO Certification Limited. Together they cover how we protect the environment, how consistently we deliver our services, and how we keep our team and yours safe on every pickup and in our Sacramento facility. See the badges below for a quick overview of each standard.
Every pickup, transport and processing step follows a documented, audited procedure — not an informal habit. AMTIVO Certification Limited reviews our records, closeout reports and internal audits each year to confirm we consistently deliver what we commit to. It's why the same ticket number that logs your pickup follows your material through to its certificate of destruction or recycling.
Our environmental management system is certified against the international standard for reducing environmental impact, not just complying with it on paper. It governs how we handle, sort, transport and dispose of hazardous and universal waste, and how we vet the downstream vendors who ultimately process it. Annual third-party audits confirm the system is followed on the floor, not just on file.
Handling batteries, circuit boards and other regulated materials safely takes more than PPE. Our ISO 45001 certification covers hazard assessments, incident reporting and ongoing safety training across our Sacramento facility and pickup crews, audited annually by AMTIVO Certification Limited — the same safety discipline your compliance team can point to when a client or regulator asks how your e-waste was handled.
Two areas come up constantly in e-waste and data destruction work: California's rules for handling regulated materials, and the legal requirements around confidential data. Here's what each actually requires, and how we handle it.
Batteries, electronic scrap, aerosol cans, fluorescent lamps, and lead-acid batteries are regulated in California as "universal waste" under California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 4.5 ("Standards for Universal Waste Management"), aligned with 40 CFR Part 273. A generator has to store each waste type in a correctly labeled container that prevents breakage, water run-off, and cross-contamination; mark each container with an "Accumulation Start Date"; have it picked up by an authorized recycler within 12 months of that date (3 months for lead-acid batteries); and keep documentation of every pickup showing the generator's name, the waste type and quantity, the destination recycler, and the date received.
We supply labeled containers for each material stream, track accumulation dates against your pickup tickets, schedule service within the regulatory deadlines, and provide documentation for every load.
Hard drives, laptops, backup tapes, CDs, ID badges, and paper files that hold personal, medical, or financial information carry their own handling requirements — including HIPAA (45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164) for medical and dental records, and the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552) for personally identifiable information held by federal agencies. Either way, the expectation is the same: protect the material in storage and in transit, track it until it's destroyed, and keep records proving it was.
That means locked storage before pickup, locked containers and vehicles in transit to a secure facility, a tracking record from pickup through destruction, and destruction that leaves the material unusable.
We maintain chain-of-custody tracking from pickup through destruction, issue a Certificate of Destruction for every load, and keep destruction records for your audit trail.
Data Destruction Methods & Compliance Standards · The Importance of Compliance in E-Waste Recycling
Our ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certifications cover exactly what happens at this Sacramento address — the same facility you can visit, tour or drop material off at.
