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Certification Scorecard: April 21, 2022

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The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently:

Chun Yang International (HK) of Hong Kong, China; Dataknox Solutions of Newark, Calif.; Ecotronix Recycling of Carol Stream, Ill.; eWorks Electronic Services of Freeport, N.Y.; GER Solutions of Allentown, Pa.; Jada Green (dba Cellit Green) of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Norris Technologies of Coahuila, Mexico; Reboot Tech of City of Industry, Calif.; Smart Metals Recycling (dba Sprout) locations in Garland, Texas, Statesville, N.C. and Taunton, Mass.; SMR Asset Recovery (dba Sprout) of Woodland, Calif.; Southern Environmental Solutions of the Carolinas of Chesterfield, S.C.; Startouch Trading of Lincoln Park, Mich.; and TES-AMM Espana Asset Recovery and Recycling of Madrid.

After completing successful audits, the organizations listed below achieved one or more of these NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing or degaussing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices.

Beacon Secure of Tucson, Ariz.; California Electronic Asset Recovery of Mather, Calif.; Corporate Records Management of Dallas; DocuBit of Lancaster, Ky.; Easter Seals (dba EnviroShred) of East Hartford, Conn.; Human-I-T of Detroit; Metro Record Storage and Shredding of Bakersfield, Calif.; Paper Storm of Pillager, Minn.; Stonehouse Data Solutions of Powell, Wyo.; and Valley Green Shredding of Westfield, Mass.

Visit our archive to view previous editions of the scorecard.

 

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