A Shred 2 Pieces of Irving, Texas; Avritek of San Diego; LeMay Mobile Shredding of Lacey, Wash.; PACE Enterprises of West Virginia of Morgantown, W.V.; Resource 1 Electronics of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Security Data Destruction of Phoenix; Shred-All, Shred Innovations of Pikeville, Ky.; South Bay Document Destruction of Gardena, Calif. and West Michigan Document Shredding of Jenison, Mich. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
In addition, Re-Teck Brazil, a subsidiary of the Li-Tong Group, has achieved R2:2013 certification.
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John Lingelbach will be leaving his post at the helm of Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) and the R2 certification program later this year.
Federal researchers have examined an electricity-based processing method that could open doors to more cost-effective and environmentally friendly methods of metals recovery from electronics.
A smelter owned by metals company Boliden processed 77,000 metric tons of scrap electronics last year, down 6 percent from the year before, according to recently released data.
Right-to-repair legislation has shown up in many state legislatures this year. California is set to be next.
A new Canadian e-plastics processor, CRT troubles, a processor lawsuit and Basel Action Network’s export-tracking project drew readers’ interest last month.
European coalitions representing electronics manufacturers have launched an internet-based information service designed to help processors better recycle devices.
A Singapore leader says the small Southeast Asian country will implement extended producer responsibility for electronics by 2021.
