After years of interacting with the Recycling Industry Operating Standard as a manager at a RIOS-certified recycling firm, Shannon Fertitta was recently appointed executive director of the group that administers RIOS.

An emerging equipment supplier uses an advanced type of X-ray imaging to locate batteries in recycling facilities while also aiming to capture data on the overall composition of commodities in the stream.

Information management company Iron Mountain reported record third-quarter revenue of $1.56 billion, higher by 12% on the year, and attributed the results to double-digit growth in its asset lifecycle management business as well as two acquisitions.

Blancco Technology Group, a data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions company, named Lou DiFruscio as CEO.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: AGiRepair of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Apt Ability DBA MobileSentrix of Manassas, Virginia; Citymobile of Singapore; Electronics Bazaar of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; eLot Electronics Recycling of Glenmont, New York;

[caption id="attachment_9932" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Drazah/Shutterstock[/caption] Coverage of a Wisconsin processor's OSHA violations, an ITAD giant going public, hydrometallurgy technology and the E-Scrap Conference drew reader interest last month.

A new technology from Blancco Technology Group will allow ITADs and e-scrap recyclers to check if devices are enrolled in Unified Endpoint Management programs before performing data destruction.

High-profile data breaches have highlighted the perils of ITAD, and until multiple companies are "put in the penalty box," it will keep happening, industry experts said during a panel at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference. 

Arizona-based ITAD firm DMD Systems Recovery has acquired Basket Materials in a bid to provide services to California's growing tech market and local data centers.

E-scrap processor URT will pay reduced but still hefty fines totaling $129,000 for failing to protect workers from lead and cadmium exposures during cathode ray tube device processing at the company's facility in Janesville, Wisconsin.