A lawsuit from TV manufacturer Vizio that questioned the constitutionality of Connecticut’s electronics recycling law and program has been dismissed in its entirety.
A lawsuit from TV manufacturer Vizio that questioned the constitutionality of Connecticut’s electronics recycling law and program has been dismissed in its entirety.
Minnesota is the latest state to consider updating its e-scrap recycling law.
A bill that would reshape New Jersey’s e-scrap program was passed late last week by members of the state’s General Assembly. Continue Reading
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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The Middle East finds itself in the “starting phase” of e-scrap management, and Europe’s ambitious electronics collection goals may prove challenging to meet.
Residents fear a local government e-scrap collection program will harm charities, and recycling professionals describe the routes they took into the industry.
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.
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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