Thousands of printers were stockpiled at a N.H. residence for over a year. | KG Design/Shutterstock
A stockpile of printers that were originally destined for recycling led to a dispute between a New Hampshire municipality and a local resident.
SERI will accept public comments on their updated draft via an online form. | TypoArt BS/Shutterstock
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International has released a revised draft of the new R2 standard for comment. Meanwhile, the organization will provide a grant for the use of GPS tracking devices.
A draft update to the e-Stewards standard has been released and is open for public comment. | SFIO CRACHO/Shutterstock
Recently, e-Stewards offered details on updates to certification criteria and outlined audit results. It also announced the first companies to join a workforce training program.
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A range of stories drew attention in 2019, including a major CRT lawsuit. | pnuar006/Shutterstock
The past year has given e-scrap and ITAD professionals plenty of reasons to click on our content. A major CRT lawsuit, the fallout from a processor export scandal and Arrow’s decision to exit the business emerged as the topics grabbing the most attention from readers.
Since the program launched in April, it has refurbished 34,000 devices for resale back into the domestic market. | Courtesy of Skullcandy.
A manufacturer and a California processor are working together to process returned audio equipment for reuse and recycling.
The secondary IT markets in Asia and Europe have for years been the primary focus of North American reverse logistics companies seeking to expand their service footprint.
Solar arrays installed on the roofs of Gannon & Scott’s facilities on both coasts produce excess electricity that is returned to the grid.
Few businesses can say they’ve been around for a century, but precious metals refiner Gannon & Scott now can make the claim.
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.
Visit our archive to view previous editions of the scorecard.
