Even if an e-scrap facility is not thought to be processing toxics-emitting devices, it should be testing for toxic substances.
Even if an e-scrap facility is not thought to be processing toxics-emitting devices, it should be testing for toxic substances.
A Pennsylvania county gets its first collection center years after the state’s electronics landfill ban was enacted, and Washington state reports lower collection weights than a year ago.
Absolute Document Destruction of Baton Rouge, La.; Ace Data Storage of Gulfport, Miss.; Computer Recycling Center of Springfield, Mo.; RDN of Hatillo, Puerto Rico; Rock Solid Shredding of Little Rock, Ark.; Secure Shred Solutions of Carroll, Iowa; Shredall of Nottingham, England; Shredlogix of San Jose, Calif.; Shred Right (a Rohn Industries Co.) of St. Paul, Minn.; TNT Shredding of Mesa, Ariz. and Tri-State Shredding of Harrisburg, Pa. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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An automated LCD disassembly machine is gearing up to be presented to the public after several years in development.
An Amazon personal assistant device is graded on its repairability, and a refurbished version of Samsung’s notorious overheating phone returns to the market in South Korea.
On average, popular phones, tablets and laptops are relatively easy to fix, but the market may be trending toward less repairable designs, a recent analysis found.
After receiving $400,000 from the federal government, a New York company is developing a mechanical system that could help e-scrap companies handle printed circuit boards more profitably.
Readers last month gravitated toward negative news, with the largest number of clicks going to stories about a fake R2 certificate, a 15-month prison sentence and industry bankruptcies.
Australia’s largest city considers curbside e-scrap pickups, and a Hong Kong court sentences a man to jail for e-scrap storage law violations.
Chesapeake Paper Systems of Baltimore; Rogue Shred of White City, Ore.; Secure Records Management Systems of Sanford, Maine; Secure Shredding and Recycling of Baton Rouge, La.; Super Save Shredding of Surrey, British Columbia and The Shredding Company of Walkersville, Md. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, Guardian Data Destruction of South Hackensack, N.J. and HiTech Assets of Oklahoma City have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for computer hard drive sanitization as well as physical destruction of hard drives.
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