An e-scrap group that advocates for exports of used electronics has detailed a new mechanism for funding e-scrap collection in an area of the world that has long been perceived as a materials dumping ground.
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An e-scrap group that advocates for exports of used electronics has detailed a new mechanism for funding e-scrap collection in an area of the world that has long been perceived as a materials dumping ground.
Hundreds of authorized third-party repair shops around the world are set to begin using a system developed by one of the most prominent OEM brands.
A Chinese e-scrap company breaks into the U.S. market, and collections continue to trend downward in the Evergreen State.
Absolute Shredding of Windsor, Colo.; Advanced Information Management of Springdale, Ark.; Arkansas Records Management of Hot Springs, Ark.; CI Information Management of Kennewick, Wash.; CLI Document Destruction of Norwalk, Ohio; COR365 Information Solutions of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Green Team Shred-Safe of Pooraka, South Australia, Australia; Highland Shredding of Woburn, Mass.; In Confidence P/L of North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Kodiak Information Management of Lynchburg, Va.; Lemay Mobile Shredding–Vancouver of Vancouver, Wash.; Modern Waste of Sacramento, Calif.; REISSWOLF Heesch B.V. of Heesch, Netherlands; Republic Services of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; R.K. Black of Oklahoma City; SafeGuard Document Destruction of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Secured Document Shredding of Midland, Texas; Shred 360 of Tampa, Fla.; Super Shred of Greenville, N.C. and Tong-In Safe Warehouse of Paju City, South Korea have either achieved or renewed their NAID Certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Recycling organizations will try to sell Congress on the economic and environmental benefits of the U.S. EPA’s Waste Minimization and Recycling program, which is cut in President Trump’s proposed budget.
Nearly 959 million smartphones will be shipped in 2013, according to the latest estimates from International Data Corp.
An app dubbed Mr. WEEE aims to educate the Egyptian public on how to recycle electronics, and customs officials use X-ray machines to check imports into China.
Recently released federal regulations will require e-scrap businesses and others in high-hazard industries to keep detailed logs of workplace-related injuries.
Brands can’t use patent law to block the resale of their products, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, a decision that has implications for the electronics reuse industry.
After he spent a good chunk of his campaign blasting the Environmental Protection Agency, it was hardly surprising that Donald Trump would take a knife to the EPA budget once he was actually in office. Continue Reading