Recently, e-Stewards offered details on updates to certification criteria and outlined audit results. It also announced the first companies to join a workforce training program.
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Recently, e-Stewards offered details on updates to certification criteria and outlined audit results. It also announced the first companies to join a workforce training program.
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The past year has given e-scrap and ITAD professionals plenty of reasons to click on our content. A major CRT lawsuit, the fallout from a processor export scandal and Arrow’s decision to exit the business emerged as the topics grabbing the most attention from readers.
A manufacturer and a California processor are working together to process returned audio equipment for reuse and recycling.
A survey of data centers found the IT-rich facilities are moving in the wrong direction when it comes to recycling their hardware.
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:
DataSPAN of Dallas and Richards & Richards of Nashville, Tenn.
EnviroCircuit (a division of EnviroLeach Technologies) of Surrey, British Columbia has achieved R2 and RIOS certifications.
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An Indiana plastics processing operation will consume roughly 40 million pounds of plastic from e-scrap and other products annually. Brightmark Energy plans to start up the facility in mid-2020.
In a deal worth tens of millions of dollars, Sims Recycling Solutions agreed to sell its European operations oriented toward recycling consumers’ electronics. Sims will retain its ITAD business there.
The PCB Scrap Recovery system is designed specifically to process low-grade circuit boards. | Courtesy of PCB Scrap Recovery.
A Mexican engineering firm has developed a printed circuit board processing system marked by low resource use and simplicity. The company recently patented the process and is looking for partners.
Best Shredding of Edmonton, Alberta and e-End of Frederick, Md. achieved one or more of the following NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices or degaussing.
E-End and Good Used Electronics of Frederick, Md. achieved R2:2013, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certifications.
Sims Recycling Solutions of Noida, India achieved ISO 27001:2013 certification.
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Federal Prison Industries agreed to pay nearly $650,000 to settle allegations the organization is liable to help clean up CRT glass it shipped to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery.