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Certification Scorecard: Dec. 5, 2019

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The company below has either achieved or renewed one or more of the following NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices or degaussing.

Advanced Records Management of Plymouth, Minn.; Central Texas Shredding of Austin, Texas; Data Management Shredding of Terre Haute, Ind.; IT Asset Management Group of Farmingdale, N.Y.; Opportunity Distributing of Minnetonka, Minn.; and TechnoCycle of Houston. 

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OEM tells Congress independent repair poses safety concerns

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Apple stated it does not act to “block” customers from choosing non-Apple-authorized repair shops. | Goran Bogicevic/Shutterstock

Apple, which is often criticized for adopting policies hampering independent repair, recently responded to questions from Congress on right-to-repair and other topics.

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Our top stories from November 2019

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The closure of Glencore’s smelter in Belledune, New Brunswick captured clicks last month.

Stories about CRT processors, lithium-ion batteries, collection and expansion strategies drew our readers’ attention last month.

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Our top stories from October 2019

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News about a flat-panel display processing technology captured clicks in October.

A mix of stories about a bankruptcy, merger, flat-panel processing technology and insights from the E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show drew our readers’ clicks last month.

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US e-scrap recycling rate declines

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The U.S. recycling rate for consumer electronics has been trending downward since 2014.

The U.S. recycling rate for consumer electronics took a dive in 2016 and flatlined the following year, according to the U.S. EPA.

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Certification Scorecard: Nov. 22, 2019

Published: November 22, 2019
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The companies below have either achieved or renewed one or more of the following NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices or degaussing.

PCs for People of Denver and Record Keepers of Bismarck, N.D.

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Want a more efficient operation? Here are some tips

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2019 E-Reuse Conference panel.

Cedric Carter (left) speaks during a session at the 2019 E-Reuse Conference. Rike Sandlin (center) and Bob McCarthy look on. | Dan Leif/Resource Recycling, Inc.

In sessions at last week’s E-Reuse Conference in Texas, a number of industry veterans detailed concepts that can help e-scrap and ITAD companies run leaner, more profitable plants.

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