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Of 170 trackers placed in e-scrap devices over the past two years, the vast majority remained in the U.S. Most of those electronics that were exported went to Asia, according to the Green Tracking Service.
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Document Security Services (Div of ORS, Inc.) of Durham, N.C.; Mobile Document Destruction of Kankakee, Ill.; PACE Enterprises of West Virginia of Westover, W.Va.; REISSWOLF Randstad I BV of Wognum, Netherlands; Shred Aware of Eureka, Calif.; Wasteco-Dixie Recycling Centre of Mississauga, Ontario; and XpresShred of Centennial, Colo. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, Congruity of Pembroke, Mass. has renewed its NAID certifications for hard drive sanitization as well as for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Robotic sorting, metals markets and CRT cleanups grabbed reader attention last month.
A Kansas nonprofit e-scrap operator has closed its doors, citing dwindling device collections.
Machinery at the shuttered BlueOak Arkansas e-scrap smelting plant is being auctioned off late this month.
Resource Recycling, Inc., which produces a number of recycling trade publications and conferences, has been acquired by the Association of Plastic Recyclers.
Liquid Technology managed the assets of defunct health tech company Theranos, which shuttered last year after a high-profile fraud case and other legal troubles.
Todd Koleski and Jennifer Ganka of Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services
It’s well-known the U.S. military is a huge buyer of goods, including electronic equipment. Officials recently shed light on how the Department of Defense approaches disposition.
ASDD a division of The Centers for Habilitation of Tempe, Ariz.; Resource 1 Tier 3 Data Security of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Richards & Richards of Nashville, Tenn.; Security Data Destruction of Phoenix; Shred America Texas of Corinth, Texas and Sustainable Services of Texarkana, Texas have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations of Onalaska, Wis. achieved e-Stewards certification.
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Oregon regulators announced they’ve settled a case against e-scrap processor Total Reclaim, centered on the company misleading customers about how devices were being handled. The company had previously acknowledged the settlement.