By rr_test_admin, 29 July, 2021
[caption id="attachment_10655" align="aligncenter" width="900"]A smartphone being repaired with tools. A policy statement includes several specific actions FTC will take and other steps it is asking the public to take. | Alexey Kabanov / Shutterstock[/caption] The Federal Trade Commission last week pledged to heighten enforcement acti
By rr_test_admin, 29 July, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16420" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Loading activity at Homeboy. Homeboy is consolidating two facilities into a leased 30,000-square-foot location in Commerce, Calif. | Courtesy of Homeboy.[/caption] An expansion project at Homeboy Electronics Recycling will allow the Los Angeles-area processor to substantially boost its ITAD and device reuse
By rr_test_admin, 29 July, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_13961" align="aligncenter" width="900"]E-scrap for recycling. Apto recycled more than 2.9 million pounds of e-scrap and sent more than 316,000 pieces of equipment for reuse in 2020. | Koy_Hipster / Shutterstock[/caption] Apto Solutions is experimenting with a new way of tracking where its recycled IT assets ult
By rr_test_admin, 29 July, 2021
Here’s a look at which processing facilities have recently attained or renewed their data destruction and recycling industry certifications.
By rr_test_admin, 22 July, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16342" align="aligncenter" width="900"]The Urban E Recycling team poses with company vehicles. Urban E Recycling broke the $1 million revenue mark in its fifth year, and in 2020 it achieved $3.1 million in revenue. | Courtesy of Urban E Recycling[/caption] Urban E Recycling opened a new site earlier this year, the latest development for a e-scrap processor
By rr_test_admin, 22 July, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_16347" align="aligncenter" width="900"]Fire alarm on a facility wall. In e-scrap processing facilities, the report recommends specific staff training to identify and properly handle batteries, and more. | TnkImages / Shutterstock[/caption] After charting a global increase in e-scrap facility fires caused by damaged