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By rr_test_admin, 24 September, 2020
After completing successful audits, the following organizations achieved one or more of these NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing or degaussing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices. Apto Solutions of Austin, Texas; Columbus Secure Shredding of Salt Lake City; Firelands Local of Norwalk, Ohio; Secure Shredding and Recycling
By rr_test_admin, 17 September, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_14481" align="aligncenter" width="900"]E-scrap piled for recycling Researchers found that mobile shredding of hard drives and other small electronics exposes workers to airborne and surface metals dust, as is the case with in-plant shredding. | Huguette Roe/Shutterstock[/caption] Researchers have discovered that
By rr_test_admin, 11 September, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_14206" align="aligncenter" width="1080"]Open lock against a green binary code screen. News about a data mismanagement incident caught attention last month. | Chim/Shutterstock[/caption] A variety of articles drew our readers' attention last month, including those covering a high-profile data loss, CRT lawsuit against OEMs, processo
By rr_test_admin, 3 September, 2020
[caption id="attachment_14398" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Electric vehicle charging. Redwood Materials recently raised $40 million to fund its efforts to develop a battery recycling process to supply the electric vehicle market. | Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock[/caption] A Nevada startup looking to build a major electric ve
By rr_test_admin, 20 August, 2020
[caption id="attachment_14299" align="aligncenter" width="1080"]E-scrap for recycling. While gold's value is up 30% this year, following on the 20% improvement last year, a slight market correction has occurred in past weeks. | Andriy Malakhovskyy/Shutterstock[/caption] The value of the base and precious metals recovered from obsol
By rr_test_admin, 13 August, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_14261" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Mobile devices for e-scrap processing. Researchers announced advancements in rare earth element recovery using a natural protein.| vilax/Shutterstock[/caption] Researchers developed a way to recycle e-scrap into a protective coating for steel.
By rr_test_admin, 6 August, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_14049" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Taping a box for shipping. An article about the growth of mail-in e-scrap collection during the pandemic was highly read in July. | mdbildes/Shutterstock[/caption] A perspective piece on rare earth recycling, the fallout from two failed CRT firms, a processor's growth and mail-in c
By rr_test_admin, 16 July, 2020
[caption id="attachment_14084" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Computers in a retail setting. Second quarter PC shipments this year rose 2.8% compared with the second quarter of 2019. | joyfull/Shutterstock[/caption] PC shipments were up almost 3% during the second quarter of the year compared with 2019.