Sims Metals Management anticipates lower financial returns due to depressed commodity prices | Amy VonDe/Shutterstock
A recent tumble in steel and aluminum prices will significantly hurt Sims Metal Management’s financial results, the company informed investors.
Open burning of e-scrap is an ongoing problem in the West Bank, as highlighted by mainstream media recently. | Peter Hermes Furian/Shutterstock
A New York Times photo essay on electronics recycling in the West Bank shows unsafe practices that experts say correlate with health problems among residents.
Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM) is funded by a variety of manufacturers and oversees collection programs in 20 states. | FreeProd33/Shutterstock
A nationwide organization that oversees state program recycling compliance on behalf of many equipment manufacturers announced it has facilitated the recycling of 1 billion pounds of e-scrap.
E-scrap software firm Makor Solutions is spreading the word on the ins and outs of offering data security services.
The companies below have 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.
American Data Security of Oak Park, Mich. and ERI of Badin, N.C.
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Recently acquired company uBreakiFix has 534 locations across the U.S. and Canada. | Courtesy of uBreakiFix.
Electronics insurance giant Asurion has acquired a cell phone repair firm that has a broad North American footprint.
Details on the closure of Arrow Electronics’ ITAD division captured clicks in August. | dokurose/Shutterstock
Stories about business struggles, a facility fire, and a high-profile legal disputes drew our readers’ interest last month.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 25 signed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act into law. | lev radlin/Shutterstock
New data protection laws in California and New York are part of a national trend that will fundamentally change the way businesses handle personal information, according to a NAID leader.
