Hai Phong, Vietnam
Reverse supply chain management company Re-Teck has launched a new facility in northern Vietnam’s largest port city.
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Hai Phong, Vietnam
Reverse supply chain management company Re-Teck has launched a new facility in northern Vietnam’s largest port city.
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E-scrap exports to Hong Kong will require more due diligence beginning in January, when the semi-autonomous region implements new import and recycling permit requirements.
DataSafe of Sacramento, Calif.; Embassy Records Management and Storage of College Station, Texas; Gone For Good of Fairfield, Calif.; MARCO of Fenton, Mo.; MinnKota Secured Document Destruction of Fargo, N.D.; SelectShred of Stuart, Fla.; Shred N Go of Edina, Minn.; Shred-X Secure Destruction of Idalia, Queensland, Australia and The Paper Predator by DDC of Kentucky of Shelbyville, Ky. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, Maven Technologies of Rochester, N.Y. and Reclamere of Tyrone, Penn. have achieved their NAID certifications for hard drive sanitization and physical destruction of hard drives.
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