A new version of the e-Stewards certification standard has been released, and the organization says it is more streamlined and simpler than previous iterations.
A new version of the e-Stewards certification standard has been released, and the organization says it is more streamlined and simpler than previous iterations.
Last year, e-scrap processor RecycleForce announced it would send e-plastics to Brightmark Energy for conversion into fuel, oil and wax products. Brightmark was one of several companies that participated in a recent workshop about technologies broadly known as “chemical recycling.”
An annual report from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) includes a handful of e-scrap industry figures, including the sector’s overall economic impact.
Growth in data center recycling, higher gold prices and more selective buying all boosted earnings for Sims Lifecycle Services during the second half of 2019.
Batteries from consumer electronics are being increasingly regulated because they can be a problematic material in the recycling stream. Experts recently laid out federal rules for transporting lithium-ion batteries destined for recycling or disposal.
The following organizations have achieved one or more of the following 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:
Allshred of Maumee, Ohio; Allshred of Indianapolis; Apto Solutions of Atlanta; Crown Shred & Recycling of Regina, Saskatchewan; MIDCON Data Services of Edmond, Okla.; Records Management Center/ShredSafe of Bangor, Maine; REISSWOLF Heesch of Heesch, Netherlands; River Mill/Savannah Shredding of Columbus, Ga.; Secure Records Management Systems of Sanford, Maine; and Security Mobile Shredding of Alexandria, La.
Stellar Data Recovery of Metuchen, N.J. announced that its BitRaser SSD and Mobile erasure software received certification from the Asset Disposal and Information Security Alliance (ADISA).
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In a new academic paper, Josh Lepawsky examines the growth of do-it-yourself repair through the lens of iFixit’s worldwide expansion.
Umicore enjoyed greater profits last year thanks in part to higher metals prices and China’s e-scrap imports crackdown, which increased the global supply of circuit board scrap.
Documents obtained by Motherboard show just how onerous the requirements will be for repair shops wanting to participate in Apple’s new Independent Repair Program.
Used phone purchasing company ecoATM appears to be bouncing back and growing rapidly, after it suffered financial losses and laid off staff in earlier years.