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Northeast firm grows by focusing solely on data management

Published: July 30, 2020
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Glenn Laga of Guardian Data Destruction.

Glenn Laga, president and CEO of Guardian Data Destruction. | Screenshot of Guardian Data Destruction video.

Guardian Data Destruction, which offers on-site data destruction services but no actual processing, is expanding and looking at opportunities to fill emerging data security needs. The company’s leader recently spoke about current trends in asset management.

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Global ITAD company joins e-scrap ‘offset’ program

Published: July 30, 2020
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Pile of used smartphones.

Ingram Micro’s ITAD division has cut a check to fund the collection and recycling of an estimated 12,000 phones from African countries. | Anton Starikov/Shutterstock

Ingram Micro has partnered with Dutch company Closing the Loop to recycle scrap phones from Africa, the first step in what’s expected to become a deeper collaboration.

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Former CRT firm leaders and bank face fraud accusations

Published: July 23, 2020
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A former Wisconsin state senator has filed a lawsuit against former e-scrap executives. | dream79/Shutterstock

Shuttered e-scrap company 5R Processors has been at the center of a stockpiling saga. Now, a former state senator in Wisconsin says executives from the company duped him into backing the firm in 2013.

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Groups weigh in on federal recycled-product procurement

Published: July 23, 2020
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In comments to the EPA, NASA recommended that federal procurement guidelines point purchasers toward recycled-content ink cartridges. | David Tonelson/Shutterstock

As the U.S. EPA updates its lists of recycled-content products purchased by federal agencies, recycling stakeholders have chimed in about electronics.

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Nearly 150 companies now part of Apple repair program

Published: July 16, 2020
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Apple recently announced the company’s Independent Repair Provider Program is now open to repair firms in Europe and Canada. | Kevin Khoo/Shutterstock

Apple this month described the growth of a program that provides some official repair resources to certain repair shops. The initiative is separate from the company’s authorized repair service.

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How a tech giant approaches diversity in workforce

Published: July 9, 2020
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In the U.S., 65% of HP employees identify as white. | josefkubes/Shutterstock

In the aftermath of Geoge Floyd’s killing, a number of large companies have issued statements opposing racism. HP’s CEO also issued a goal: Double the number of Black and African American executives by 2025.

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For more processors, ‘mailing it in’ means opportunity

Published: July 9, 2020
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Mail-in electronics recycling has become more common in the era of COVID-19 as in-person collection events are cancelled. | mdbildes/Shutterstock

The coronavirus pandemic has strained e-scrap collection, but that’s opening the door to an alternative recovery system that minimizes contact between people.

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