Opinion

[caption id="attachment_13919" align="aligncenter" width="621"] E-scrap sector leader Jim Levine sees that the "entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in this industry."[/caption] Many established industries enjoy a widespread public understanding of their core characteristics. Take the automotive sector.

A data erasure expert emphasizes that ITAD companies can position themselves as key data security partners - and he explains why software-based overwriting is an important tool for their toolbox.

[caption id="attachment_2378" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A current lawsuit focuses on which stakeholders are responsible when CRTs are stockpiled rather than properly recycled. | Boonchuay1970 / Shutterstock[/caption] We may have gotten it all wrong.

[caption id="attachment_12558" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Alex Cummings and Arun Karottu of ITAD firm SMR Worldwide. | Photos courtesy SMR Worldwide[/caption] With low values for e-scrap commodities, component harvesting can be a strategy for generating more revenue for both the client and processor.

A processor executive says e-scrap and ITAD firms would benefit from greater public awareness of how the business of electronics recovery works.

An ITAD leader says recycling companies can partner with firms like his to better serve the data protection and recycling needs of enterprise clients.

In the aftermath of Arrow Electronics' ITAD business closure, a leader at Exit Technologies explains asset disposition marketplace changes and points to profit-making possibilities.

A leading advocate for right-to-repair legislation says the movement has seen significant progress in recent months, even if legislative approval has yet to transpire.

Two e-scrap executives who have pleaded guilty to federal charges over flat-screen exports detail the chain of events that led to the wrongdoing and offer wider perspective to other businesses.

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]The[/dropcap] concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR) is spreading and evolving around the world.