Supermicro’s annual survey found fewer respondents are choosing certified recycling operators. | Maximumm/Shutterstock
A survey of data centers found the IT-rich facilities are moving in the wrong direction when it comes to recycling their hardware.
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:
DataSPAN of Dallas and Richards & Richards of Nashville, Tenn.
EnviroCircuit (a division of EnviroLeach Technologies) of Surrey, British Columbia has achieved R2 and RIOS certifications.
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The development of a new domestic e-plastics outlet comes at a time of market turbulence for the low-value materials. | KPixMining/Shutterstock
An Indiana plastics processing operation will consume roughly 40 million pounds of plastic from e-scrap and other products annually. Brightmark Energy plans to start up the facility in mid-2020.
Sims Recycling Solutions reported tighter profit margins at its continental Europe facilities earlier this year and in 2018. | Aleksandr Grechanyuk/Shutterstock
In a deal worth tens of millions of dollars, Sims Recycling Solutions agreed to sell its European operations oriented toward recycling consumers’ electronics. Sims will retain its ITAD business there.
The PCB Scrap Recovery system is designed specifically to process low-grade circuit boards. | Courtesy of PCB Scrap Recovery.
A Mexican engineering firm has developed a printed circuit board processing system marked by low resource use and simplicity. The company recently patented the process and is looking for partners.
Best Shredding of Edmonton, Alberta and e-End of Frederick, Md. achieved 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.
E-End and Good Used Electronics of Frederick, Md. achieved R2:2013, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certifications.
Sims Recycling Solutions of Noida, India achieved ISO 27001:2013 certification.
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UNICOR is not admitting any wrongdoing or liability by agreeing to the settlement. | corgarashu/Shutterstock
Federal Prison Industries agreed to pay nearly $650,000 to settle allegations the organization is liable to help clean up CRT glass it shipped to Closed Loop Refining and Recovery.
In addition to the growth in e-scrap processing, the New York Times report focused on the poor conditions of some Thai recycling operations. | Wead/Shutterstock
The scrap electronics processing industry is active and growing in Thailand, according to a New York Times feature, despite the country’s move to reject imports of end-of-life devices last year.
Several significant announcements have come from Clover Technologies Group in recent weeks. | matkub2499/Shutterstock
Clover Technologies Group will sell its used printer cartridge remanufacturing business before filing for bankruptcy to restructure its debt.
A total of 18 defendants have agreed to settle to date. | Chodyra Mike/Shutterstock
The field of companies fighting Closed Loop Refining and Recovery’s former Ohio landlords continues to decrease, after three more defendants agreed to settle.