With two weeks until the 2018 E-Scrap Conference, we’re featuring another expert who will share insight on-stage in New Orleans.
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.
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.