Import policies in China and Southeast Asia continue to tighten, making it more difficult to move certain e-scrap materials to international markets.
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Import policies in China and Southeast Asia continue to tighten, making it more difficult to move certain e-scrap materials to international markets.
DataSafe of Newark, Calif.; DataSafe of South San Francisco, Calif.; Data Shredding Services of Texas, Inc. III of San Antonio; Destroy Drive of Tampa, Fla.; Docu-Depot of LaSalle, Quebec; Gagnaeyðing ehf of Reykjavik, Iceland; Northcoast Inc. Recycling Specialists dba Northcoast Shredding Services & Record Center of Wickliffe, Ohio; Shred Defense of Richmond, Calif.; Shred-it Australia of Melbourne, Australia and Super Save Shredding of Calgary, Alberta have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Former e-scrap company executive Kenneth Eugene Gravitt was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to hazardous waste-related crimes.
The amount of e-scrap recycled under Wisconsin’s state program dropped significantly last year, a downward trend also seen in other states with mature recycling programs.
Courts, exports and PCB refiner stories drew a slew of readers’ clicks last month.
As they look to attract more multinational clients, processors have realized they need to expand their footprints. A U.S. company’s recent move shows how strategic partnerships can fit into that international equation.
Serdar Bankaci, Gary Curtis, Miles Harter and Rob Schafer discuss a range of industry topics at the 2018 E-Scrap Conference in New Orleans.
Material markets have shifted over the past year, but commodity pricing is just one of myriad forces that are constantly shaping and reshaping the e-scrap and ITAD sector.
Data Shredding Services of Texas of Houston; DFW Shredding of Plano, Texas; MDS Records Management of Des Moines, Iowa; Rapid Information Destruction (RID) Services of Sacramento, Calif. and Shred With Us of West Columbia, S.C. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, Cascade Asset Management of Indianapolis and of Madison, Wis.; and HiTech Assets of Oklahoma City, Okla. have renewed their NAID certifications for hard drive sanitization operations as well as physical destruction of hard drives.
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