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Brian Riise on stage at the 2019 Plastics Recycling Conference and Trade Show.
An expert recently explained why North American e-plastics processing could be a component of a wider effort to reduce energy use in U.S. manufacturing. And he outlined steps for progress.
Florida-based Early Upgrade recently moved into a much larger warehouse and is buying a wider array of end-of-life devices.
DocuBit of Lancaster, Ky.; Secure On-Site Shredding of Richardson, Texas; Shred-South of Statesville, N.C.; and Valley Green Shredding of Westfield, Mass. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, ERI of Badin, N.C. and ERI of Plainfield, Ind. have renewed their NAID certifications for hard drive sanitization.
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Courts and law enforcement news dominated the list of most-read stories last month.
In March, Blancco Technology Group released survey results showing consumer anxieties about potential mismanagement of their data on electronic devices. Now, a different study shows their data concerns are anything but irrational.
Agbogbloshie, Ghana
A pair of recent studies have identified toxic substances in the ground and in eggs from chickens foraging in Agbogbloshie, Ghana.
A sibling of SAM has landed in the Midwest. ERI has installed its second Super Automated Machine (SAM), an e-scrap sorting robot, at the company’s Indiana plant.
An Arizona-headquartered processor is expanding into California with an ITAD facility serving the northern part of the state.
The owners of e-scrap processor Total Reclaim have been sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges related to their export of LCD devices to Hong Kong.
Apple will open a research lab studying new electronics recycling processes, one of several e-scrap-related announcements the company recently made.