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In April, the Chinese government will enact new requirements for pellet imports. | Piyathep/Shutterstock
Officials in Beijing are set to enact new requirements around the purity of recycled plastic pellets imported into China, which could disrupt international markets for U.S. e-plastics.
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The following organizations have achieved one or more of the following NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing or degaussing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices:
Document Destruction Services of Homer, Ga.; Fireproof Records Center of Columbus, Ohio; Shred Northwest of Gresham, Ore.; and Shred One KC of Independence, Mo.
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Gartner reported that businesses upgrading to Windows 10 played into strong demand last year. | People Image Studio/Shutterstock
Global PC purchases increased in 2019, reversing a years-long downward trend. The growth was driven primarily by sales to the business sector
U.S. smart speaker brand Sonos made recycling-related waves recently. | Vantage_DS/Shutterstock
From tiny startups to one of the world’s most valuable companies, electronics manufacturers have made reuse- and recycling-related headlines in recent weeks. The following is a handful of notable developments.
The following organizations have achieved one or more of the following NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing or degaussing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices:
Central Texas Shredding of Austin, Texas; Corodata Shredding of San Jose, Calif.; Greene, Inc. of Xenia, Ohio; and IT Asset Management Group of Farmingdale, N.Y.
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Wisconsin is considering requiring most e-scrap processing facilities to obtain solid waste processing licenses. | Iryna Imago/Shutterstock
Wisconsin regulators are drafting rules that would require additional electronics recycling processors to set aside money for facility closure and cleanup costs.
Readers flocked to a story about the sale of Sims Recycling Solutions European operations last month. | Aleksandr Grechanyuk/Shutterstock
Last month, readers were drawn to articles about major company acquisitions, another Closed Loop settlement and a CRT processor’s expansion.
Thousands of printers were stockpiled at a N.H. residence for over a year. | KG Design/Shutterstock
A stockpile of printers that were originally destined for recycling led to a dispute between a New Hampshire municipality and a local resident.
SERI will accept public comments on their updated draft via an online form. | TypoArt BS/Shutterstock
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International has released a revised draft of the new R2 standard for comment. Meanwhile, the organization will provide a grant for the use of GPS tracking devices.
