The companies below have either achieved or renewed one or more of the following NAID AAA certifications: physical destruction of hard drives, physical destruction of solid state devices, over-writing of physical hard drives, over-writing of solid state devices or degaussing.
Absolute Data Shredding of Norman, Okla.; American Document Securities of Carrollton, Ga.; Apex Shredding of Berthoud, Colo.; Augusta Data Storage of Augusta, Ga.; Bayaud Enterprises of Denver; Data Shredding Services of Texas II of Grapevine, Texas; Iron Mountain
Doe Run has become an increasingly important outlet for CRT processors in recent years. | pnuar006/Shutterstock[/caption]
Doe Run was hit with a $1.2 million fine for violating environmental regulations at its Missouri lead smelter, an outlet for leaded CRT glass.
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The owner of an e-scrap collection company will pay restitution after pleading guilty to fraudulent business practices. | VN Photo Lab / Shutterstock[/caption]
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The owner of a defunct Orange County, Calif.
Canadian businesses are required to maintain a record of all data breaches. | wk1003mike / Shutterstock[/caption]
After the first year of mandatory data breach reporting in Canada, it has become clear that lost or stolen records and devices account for a sizeable percentag
TERRA provides a mail-in collection service that moves e-scrap to multiple processors around the U.S.
Used phones of various models are fetching higher prices, according to a processor. | Daniel Krason/Shutterstock[/caption]
HYLA Mobile reports prices for traded-in mobile phones have steadily increased over the last few years, and the company noted overseas markets for use
News about a flat-panel display processing technology captured clicks in October.[/caption]
A mix of stories about a bankruptcy, merger, flat-panel processing technology and insights from the E-Scrap Conference and Trade Show drew our readers' clicks last month.
The list below shows our top stories publi
Kenya's Port of Mombasa will no longer be a destination for used electronics exports next year. | Ungureanu Catalina Oana / Shutterstock.com[/caption]
News reports indicate the East African country of Kenya will ban imports of used electronics starting in 2020.
PD Online, a news outlet based in the
HP and other electronics manufacturers recently made recycling- and repair-related announcements. | BalkansCat/Shutterstock[/caption]
A brand owner unveiled a printer made with 30% recycled plastic from old electronics, and iFixit gives better marks for a new Microsoft laptop.
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Baltic Control has approval to inspect a variety of U.S. shipments to China | stockstudio/Shutterstock[/caption]
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