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Morgan Stanley ‘ignored industry standards’ in data breach
Financial services giant Morgan Stanley terminated a contract with its long-standing IT asset disposition vendor to save money prior to a botched data center decommissioning job in 2016, lawyers alleged in court this month.
Sims launches program elevating women leaders
Sims Limited, parent company of e-scrap and ITAD giant Sims Lifecycle Services, last week announced an initiative designed to support and develop female leaders within the company.
As Bitcoin continues to rise, so does its e-scrap impact
Bitcoin mining generates 67.7 million pounds of end-of-life electronics worldwide per year, according to a recent analysis. That’s substantially higher than estimates from just a year ago.
Partnership to pursue battery recycling standards
A U.S. Department of Energy laboratory and an industry association that represents battery manufacturers will collaborate to draft the first recycling standards for lithium-ion batteries.
European e-scrap processor acquires US metals company
A global company that owns European e-scrap recycling operations has purchased U.S. company Legend Smelting and Recycling.
Feds eye industry partners for e-scrap sorting tech
Scientists at a U.S. Department of Energy lab have developed unique tools that can be used to clean up shredded e-scrap, and they want to demonstrate them to e-scrap processors.
California labeling bill touches on electronics recyclability
California legislation targeting how plastic packaging is labeled also affects recycling labels for consumer electronics, according to industry groups.