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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 25 signed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act into law. | lev radlin/Shutterstock
New data protection laws in California and New York are part of a national trend that will fundamentally change the way businesses handle personal information, according to a NAID leader.
The bill’s sponsors have said the proposal would help to grow the domestic recycling industry. | Rolf 52/Shutterstock
Legislation limiting e-scrap exports has now been introduced in both federal legislative chambers, and in both cases the bills have bipartisan sponsorship.
The newly formed company, Quantum Lifecycle Partners, will operate eight processing facilities in four Canadian provinces. | Olivier Le Queinec/Shutterstock
GEEP Canada and the Shift Group of Companies are bringing together their e-scrap and ITAD offerings, a move they say will boost their reach across Canada.
The 2019 E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show is less than two weeks away, and we’re giving you one last interview with an industry leader set to take to the stage in Orlando.
In 2018 Fairfax County collected nearly 1.6 million pounds of scrap electronics. | Lukasz Stefanski/Shutterstock
E-scrap collection contracting in Fairfax County, Va. turned messy after the county selected a new service provider to replace its existing vendor.
Sims noted that lower commodity prices were a factor leading to smaller profits. | create jobs 51/Shutterstock
Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) pulled in smaller profits during the 2019 fiscal year. But the company also pointed to stronger numbers in the second half of the year, attributing gains in part to data center recycling efforts.
MBA Polymers plans to start processing e-scrap devices at the new facility in 2020. | PIYAWAT WONGOPASS/Shutterstock
Global plastics recycling company MBA Polymers will open a facility in Germany to recover e-plastics from electronics and appliances.
Independent repair firms will soon be able to more easily tackle Apple devices. | Kevin Khoo/Shutterstock
Apple will make official repair resources for common out-of-warranty iPhone repairs available to a larger number of independent repair shops.
Sycamore International of West Grove, Pa. has achieved R2:2013 certification.
Additionally, the companies below have either achieved or renewed one or more of the following NAID AAA certification destruction services: 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.
Castaway Technologies of Methuen, Mass.; Rock Solid Shredding of Little Rock, Ark.; Katana SA of Geneva and Shred-IT USA of Hattiesburg, Miss.
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