Households may like the convenience of leaving used electronics at the curb for collection, but doing so can give scavengers the opportunity to grab devices and any sensitive data they may hold.
This article originally appeared in the March 2018 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.
[dropcap]Sunlight[/dropcap] peeking through a facility’s skylights often reveals a hidden threat in a modern e-scrap plant: airborne fugitive dust.
Electronics repair advocates are speaking in defense of a refurb executive sentenced to prison for illegally copying Microsoft software.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S.
An online marketplace for refurbished devices has expanded into the U.S., and company leaders are looking for refurbishers to join the platform.
Back Market does not refurbish products but rather provides a space where refurbished electronics, mostly smartphones, can be sold online
[caption id="attachment_8599" align="alignright" width="300"] The processing line at Proambi's facility in Mexico, photo courtesy of Salvador Río[/caption]
Mexico may be America's neighbor to the south, but in some ways, the e-scrap ecosystems in the two nations are worlds apart.
The administrator of the R2 recycling standard has detailed what is and isn't legal when shipping used electronics and e-scrap to Hong Kong.
According to Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), the
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3N Document Destruction of Clifton Park, N.Y.; IntelliShred of Frenchtown, N.J.; Northcoast Inc. Recycling Specialists dba Northcoast Shredding Services & Record Center of Wickliffe, Ohio and Shred-IT USA of Rotterdam, N.Y. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Households may like the convenience of leaving used electronics at the curb for collection, but doing so can give scavengers the opportunity to grab devices and any sensitive data they may hold.
This article originally appeared in the March 2018 issue of E-Scrap News. 
Electronics repair advocates are speaking in defense of a refurb executive sentenced to prison for illegally copying Microsoft software.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S.
An online marketplace for refurbished devices has expanded into the U.S., and company leaders are looking for refurbishers to join the platform.
Back Market does not refurbish products but rather provides a space where refurbished electronics, mostly smartphones, can be 
The processing line at Proambi's facility in Mexico, photo courtesy of Salvador Río[/caption]
Mexico may be America's neighbor to the south, but in some ways, the e-scrap ecosystems in the two nations are worlds apart.
The administrator of the R2 recycling standard has detailed what is and isn't legal when shipping used electronics and e-scrap to Hong Kong.
According to Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), the 
Readers flocked to a story about a major processor's bankruptcy filing, but they also clicked on stories about metals recovery research, CRT management challenges and certification changes.
The list below shows the top E-Scrap News stories published online in April in terms of unique page views.
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