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This isn’t the first time Epson has been sued over printer cartridges. | Grzegorz Czapski/Shutterstock
A lawsuit accuses Epson America of illegally disabling its printers via software updates when consumers use third-party printer cartridges.
PCs for People handles about 3,500 computers a month. | Courtesy of PCs for People
PCs for People, a nonprofit group that performs ITAD services for businesses and provides refurbished computers to low-income people, is growing its processing footprint in three cities.
Ingram Micro has been quickly expanding with new ITAD centers in recent years. | JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock
Global ITAD provider Ingram Micro will open a processing facility in the Indianapolis area, the company’s second location in that region.
Researchers discovered employees working near an e-scrap shredder had elevated levels of lead in their blood. | Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock
This story has been updated.
Testing at a New England e-scrap facility showed that two employees working near a granulator were being overexposed to airborne silver particles.
Organizations around the country will hold used computer collection and donation drives. | Y Photo Studio/Shutterstock
Digital Inclusion Week is being held next week, giving electronics refurbishment companies an opportunity to help bridge the digital divide.
Ken Ehresman, president of Advanced Technology Recycling. | E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show/Brian Adams Photography
Finding ways to grow or differentiate one’s business is key to viability. During a panel discussion at the E-Scrap Conference last month, several operators opened up on their successful strategies.
Quantum Lifecycle Partners doesn’t have plans to shut down any of the facilities previously operated by Shift Group or GEEP Canada. | KPixMining/Shutterstock
GEEP Canada and the Shift Group of Companies recently merged to form the largest e-scrap company in Canada. An executive at the firm said a crowded marketplace and evolving materials stream helped drive the move.
E-plastics have been heavily impacted by market shifts in the past two years. | myibean/Shutterstock
A European effort is calling on consumers to push manufacturers into using recycled plastic in new electronics as a way to build end markets for the challenging material.
The e-Stewards certification standard update, titled V4.0, is slated for a Feb. 25 release. | Tashatuvango/Shutterstock
The e-Stewards e-scrap certification body is gearing up to release an update, and it’s providing certain perks to draw in operators that have not been certified to the standard previously.
The companies below have either achieved or renewed 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.
DocuBit of Lancaster, Ky.; ER2-Electronic Responsible Recyclers of Mesa, Ariz.; Greentec of Cambridge, Ontario; Iron Mountain-WA of Redcliffe, West Australia; ITEC of Santa Ana, Calif.; Lone Star Shredding & Document Storage (Division of 3GS) of Mercedes, Texas; Paper Recycling & Shredding Specialists of Pomona, Calif.; SAFESHRED of Commerce, Calif.; and South Bay Document Destruction of Gardena, Calif.
In addition, EcoLights Northwest of Seattle achieved ISO 14001:2015 certification.
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