1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit - such as your preferences or how you navigated the site - for a specified period. Cookies help us deliver a better, more personalized experience and provide us with insights into how our Site is used.

Cookies are not programs and cannot carry viruses or other malware. They cannot access other information stored on your device.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

The MicroAnt TechWaste Group website (operated by STS Electronic Recycling, Inc.) may use the following categories of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Site to function correctly and cannot be switched off. They are typically set in response to actions you take, such as submitting a form. Without these cookies, parts of the Site will not work as intended. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Examples: Session management, CSRF protection tokens, load balancing.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site. They help us understand which pages are most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Examples: Google Analytics (_ga, _gid, _gat). These are set only with your consent.

Preference Cookies

These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you have made (such as language or region preferences) and provide enhanced, more personalized features. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Examples: Cookie consent preference storage.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Certain third-party services integrated into our Site may set their own cookies. We have no direct control over these cookies. Third parties that may set cookies on our Site include:

Google Analytics - web traffic analysis. Google Privacy Policy
Google Tag Manager - tag and script management

These third parties are governed by their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review those policies to understand how they handle your data.

4. Cookie Duration

Cookies may be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies:

Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them. For example, Google Analytics cookies persist for up to 2 years.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:

Through our Consent Preferences tool:

Click the button below or the "Consent Preferences" link in the Site footer at any time to update your cookie choices. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the Site to operate.

Through your browser settings:

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:

View cookies stored on your device and delete them individually or in bulk
Block cookies from specific websites or all websites
Set preferences for first-party versus third-party cookies
Configure your browser to alert you before accepting cookies

Browser-specific guidance:

Please note that disabling or blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of our Site, including form submissions.

Opt out of Google Analytics:

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. Do Not Track

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activity tracked. Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals, our Site does not currently respond to DNT browser signals. You can use the cookie management options described above to control tracking on our Site.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of our Site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Cookie Policy.

8. More Information

For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy. If you have questions about our use of cookies, please use our Contact Form or call us at 866-770-2650.

STS Electronic Recycling, Inc. (operating as MicroAnt TechWaste Group) • 430 N Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60642 • Part of the STS Recycling Family