An employee at an e-scrap facility in Ontario discovered just how much money there is in used electronics.
Colt Recycling Southeast of Hickory, N.C. has achieved the R2:2013, OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications.
File Shred of Glastonbury, Conn.; Secure Destruction Service of Huntsville, Ala.; and Sims Recycling Solutions of LaVergne, Tenn. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will be awarded with medals made from recycled e-scrap metals.
An op-ed on sending CRT glass to lead smelters and the bankruptcy of New Life Electronics Recycling grabbed our readers’ attention in January.
Even with the tough economic times of 2016, the electronics recycling membership of a key trade association remained fairly stable. Continue Reading
An Indian teenager begins collecting e-scrap after becoming sick from a nearby burning site, and collection programs get off the ground in the nations of Georgia and Kenya. Continue Reading
Recycling efforts by a non-governmental organization in Mumbai are seeing some success, and experts point to consumers as the culprit for Singapore’s low recycling rates. Continue Reading
Data security procedures are being put to the test in an extensive study from the National Association for Information Destruction. Continue Reading
College students in Manitoba, Canada won a cash prize last week for coming up with an innovative way to reduce volumes of electronic waste. Continue Reading
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