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Arkansas Records Management of Hot Springs, Ark.; Highland Recycling and Shredding of Highland, Ill.; PC Disposal.com of New Century, Kan.; SafeGuard Document Destruction of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and Shred-X Secure Destruction of Yatala, Australia have achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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George Hinkle has taken the reins of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries’ electronics division. In a recent interview, he discussed the e-scrap committee’s priorities for action, including reuse specs and prevention of battery fires.
Labeling and storage issues led state regulators to fine eLot Electronics Recycling in New York.
Major electronics manufacturers Dell and HP recently released their yearly corporate sustainability reports, showing their achievements in material sourcing, design for repair and closed-loop recovery.
A nationwide processor will use tracking devices to monitor the downstream movement of its scrap electronics.
Readers demonstrated myriad interests last month, clicking on stories about CRT stockpiles, device tracking, a reuse marketplace, staffing changes at SERI and leaded glass legislation.
Import duties have taken effect on machinery, components and billions of dollars of additional products shipped to the U.S. from China.
Arrow Transfer and Storage of Hicksville, N.Y.; Business Data Record Services of New Brighton, Minn.; Data Shredding Services of Texas III of San Antonio; Dynamic Recycling of Nashville, Tenn.; Electronic Responsible Recyclers-ER2 of Memphis, Tenn.; LifeSpan of Hamburg, N.Y.; Merlin Shredding of Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; and Shred-X Laverton North of Victoria, Australia have achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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As many in electronics recycling and reuse take a breather around Independence Day this week, we thought the time was right to look at the developments that have most caught the attention of readers thus far this year.
One of the nation’s largest e-scrap processors has filed for bankruptcy, a move the company’s CEO described as a strategy to avoid being taken over by an investment partner.