A new satellite office will allow Ingram Micro ITAD to better serve Pacific Northwest customers with IT asset disposition and on-site data destruction services, according to a press release. Ingram Micro ITAD (formerly called CloudBlue) opened an office in Auburn, Wash., in the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area.

Cook's Mobile Shredding Service of Memphis, Tenn.; ITEC of Santa Ana, Calif.; Rapid Information Destruction (RID) Services of Sacramento, Calif. and Shred Experts of Saginaw, Mich. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.      Spectrum Ecycle Solutions of St.

After dismissing an earlier indictment because of errors, federal prosecutors have filed revised charges against Kenny Gravitt, the owner of now-closed e-scrap firm Global Environmental Services. The indictment, which was filed on Oct. 12 in the United States District Court at Lexington, Ky.

Regulators say 1.6 million pounds of computers and monitors were recycled through the Oklahoma state program last year, the lowest weight in six years. A steep drop from 2.7 million pounds a year earlier was likely due to declines in manufacturer-sponsored collections, as well as an evolving stream of lighter end-of-life devices, according to t

Data detailing the global generation and flow of e-scrap is in draft form and will be published within the next couple months, according to the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR). The organization aims to release the study well in advance of its May 2018 meeting, the chairman of BIR's e-scrap committee recently announced. Accord

Nearly 300 IT product refurbishing experts convened in New Orleans this week to consider industry trends and to address barriers to growth.

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[caption id="attachment_7068" align="alignright" width="300"] A Samsung Galaxy phone is repurposed through the Galaxy Upcycling project.[/caption] The world's largest handset producer has launched a reuse program that will allow consumers to repurpose their old mobile devices. As described by

[caption id="attachment_7065" align="alignright" width="300"] Lawmakers hear testimony from Ned Eldridge of eLoop (left), Michele Nestor of Nestor Resources and Bob Bylone of the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center.[/caption] Manufacturers say proposed changes to Pennsylvania’s e-scrap program would make it the worst in the country from an OEM perspective.