An Indian wastepicker named Reema in her electric rickshaw, which she uses to collect e-scrap from local repair shops.
Policymakers across the globe recognize the need to engage informal workers in collecting, aggregating and dismantling electronics, given their significant role in managing most of the e-scrap in emerging economies.
Commonwealth Document Management of Danville, Va.; DeVries Information Management of Spokane, Wash.; Record Keepers of Bismarck, N.D. and Secure On-Site Shredding of Palm Harbor, Fla. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Even if consumers say smartphone repairability is important to them, brand popularity may be a more important factor in prolonging a device’s life, a study concluded.
Proposed changes to international fire regulations could impact e-scrap and ITAD companies by requiring new lithium-ion battery storage procedures.
A former e-scrap company executive has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax evasion charges, admitting he marketed device destruction and recycling services but actually landfilled e-scrap and sold intact units.
America’s most-populous city will further expand its curbside collection service for e-scrap starting Oct. 1.
The bankruptcy of a major e-scrap processor – and wider market conditions – led a Goodwill affiliate in Oregon to stop accepting most end-of-life electronics.
American Document Destruction of St. Louis; ClearData of Johannesburg; Shred Right (a Rohn Industries company) of St. Paul, Minn.; Shred-X Secure of Victoria, Australia; Shred-X Secure Destruction of Queensland, Australia; and Synetic Technologies of Kansas City, Mo. have achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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A growing threat in the e-scrap sector received national analysis this week, when The Washington Post visited a processing facility and explored the danger of lithium-ion battery fires.
A partnership between a processor and a prison in the U.K. is training inmates in dismantling electronics within the prison walls.