The online purchase of a new laptop may be convenient, but it could also be supporting a company skirting extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws. A recent report examines the growing global issue.
The online purchase of a new laptop may be convenient, but it could also be supporting a company skirting extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws. A recent report examines the growing global issue.
Cascade Asset Management of Indianapolis; Document Destruction Services of Homer, Ga.; Off-Site Records Management of San Jose, Calif.; Secure Shredding and Recycling of Baton Rouge, La.; and Shredlogix of San Jose, Calif. have achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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GPS trackers used in a United Nations-funded study showed Australian e-scrap was exported to Hong Kong, according to the Basel Action Network.
Another electronics recycling and IT asset disposition company has signed up to use tracking devices to monitor the downstream movement of scrap electronics.
A CRT recycling company owner has asked a judge to withdraw his plea of guilty to federal criminal charges.
Ana-Maria Stoian-Chu
As the calendar inches closer to this year’s E-Scrap Conference, we’re taking a look at one of the experts who will take the stage in New Orleans.
Federal prosecutors allege a computer repair and refurbishment company owner defrauded a government program to obtain numerous used devices over a decade.
A cable services provider is the latest company to sign a multi-million-dollar agreement to settle allegations of improper e-scrap disposal in California.
ERI’s Plainfield, Ind. facility
ERI’s Indiana location is the company’s largest facility, and company leaders say it’s also the largest e-scrap processing plant in the world.
Last month, readers were most drawn to articles about the closure of ECS Refining, although they also read news about health risks for e-scrap workers and CRT disposal criminal charges.