E-scrap collections in Washington state have been decreasing for the past four years, both in terms of total and per-capita weights.
E-scrap collections in Washington state have been decreasing for the past four years, both in terms of total and per-capita weights.
Disk Data Destruction of Rocky Point, N.Y. and Highland Recycling and Shredding of Highland, Ill. have achieved NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Mexico generates the equivalent of seven pounds of scrap electronics and electrical appliances for each citizen annually, according to a recent report.
State officials are suing an Iowa electronics recycling operation accused of stockpiling and improperly managing millions of pounds of CRTs.
A Canadian province has received a positive reception for its electronics extended producer responsibility program, but collection volumes are trending lower than expected. Continue Reading
Citadel Information Management of Westmont, Ill.; Corodata Shredding of Richmond, Calif.; Data Shredding Services of TX III of San Antonio; Linden Resources of Herndon, Va.; Safeguard Shredding of Alexandria, Va.; Secure Destruction Service of Huntsville, Ala. and The Paper Predator by DDC of Kentucky of Shelbyville, Ky. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Uncertainty emerges in the project to recycle gold, silver and copper from electronics into Olympic medals, and sustainability will be discussed during a panel at CES.
A common reason consumers discard mobile phones is cracked screens, but technology currently in development could one day change that.
New York regulators have come up with a number of recommendations to improve the state’s e-scrap recycling program, according to a report recently delivered to the state’s governor.
Apple has been slowing down the performance of iPhones with older batteries, which likely led to more of the smartphones prematurely entering the end-of-life stream.