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Processor EPC expanded globally in a relatively short period of time using a partnership model. | Pushish Images/Shutterstock
ITAD firms are increasingly asked to provide international service for their customers, but that can be an expensive endeavor. A Midwest-based processor recently laid out the benefits of partnering with foreign service providers.
Federal funding will target e-scrap separation for metals and plastics recovery. | Jer123 / Shutterstock
A government-backed institute that has funded e-scrap recycling research in recent years is accepting applications for another round of grants.
Clover Wireless processes over 7 million devices annually. | Maxx-Studio/Shutterstock
Clover Wireless, which operates the largest mobile device repair center in North America, has acquired used device trading platform MaxBack.
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.
Canadian businesses are required to maintain a record of all data breaches. | wk1003mike / Shutterstock
After the first year of mandatory data breach reporting in Canada, it has become clear that lost or stolen records and devices account for a sizeable percentage of breaches.
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.
Australian Destruction Services of Queansbeyan, Australia; Garner Products of Roseville, Calif.; Li Tong Group of Fo Tan, Hong Kong; and Time Shred Services of Hillside, N.J.
In addition, Advanced Technology Recycling (ATR) of Las Vegas has achieved R2:2013, ISO:14001 and OHSAS:18001 certifications; and Spectrum Ecycle Solutions of St. Louis has renewed its R2:2013 certification.
Visit our archive to view previous editions of the scorecard.
Used phones of various models are fetching higher prices, according to a processor. | Daniel Krason/Shutterstock
HYLA Mobile reports prices for traded-in mobile phones have steadily increased over the last few years, and the company noted overseas markets for used 4G phones remain strong.
TERRA provides a mail-in collection service that moves e-scrap to multiple processors around the U.S. | Joni Hanebutt/Shutterstock.com
A Nebraska e-scrap company has become the fourth processor to take part in an initiative from TERRA that now covers portions of 13 states.
Megan Tabb of Synergy speaks at the 2019 E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show. | Brian Adams Photography
At the E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show last month, Megan Tabb of North Carolina processor Synergy Electronics Recycling offered advice for companies looking to remain afloat in the challenging world of CRT management.
Baltic Control has approval to inspect a variety of U.S. shipments to China | stockstudio/Shutterstock
U.S. exporters of metals to China have a new option for pre-shipment inspections, which are required for all scrap exports to the Asian country.