The owners of Seattle processor Total Reclaim have pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy crimes, marking the latest development in the fallout from the company’s exports of LCD devices to Hong Kong.
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The owners of Seattle processor Total Reclaim have pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy crimes, marking the latest development in the fallout from the company’s exports of LCD devices to Hong Kong.
Researchers analyzing particle samples from an e-scrap facility found concentrations of a previously undetected, potentially toxic chemical.
A more advanced shredding and separation system will help Premier Surplus extract valuable materials from small and high-grade electronic devices.
The number of e-scrap processors that are members of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has declined in the past year.
Listings for used Apple products sold by independent resellers will be removed from Amazon’s platform early next year.
A1 Datashred of Tewksbury, Mass.; Alaska Archives of Anchorage, Alaska; Cook’s Mobile Shredding Service – Memphis of Memphis, Tenn.; Shred Experts of Saginaw, Mich.; Shred Northwest of Gresham, Ore.; and The Arc of Madison County Shredding Svc. of Huntsville, Ala. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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At the recent Electronics Reuse Conference, Shauna L. McCaffrey of Renewed Computer Technology received the 2018 Jim Lynch Hall of Fame Award. The award recognizes her for lifetime achievement in the refurbishment and ITAD industry.
As part of the Trump administration’s trade war with China, a number of tariffs have been levied on the import of Chinese goods. A handful of recycling companies and one trade group have sought exemptions.
Samsung is teasing the 2019 release of a wholly different phone design: a device that can fold in half like a book.
BlueOak Arkansas, a circuit board processing operation that received significant attention for its use of a plasma furnace, appears to be shuttering.