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This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]Whether[/dropcap] by design or not, every company has a culture: a shared set of values and practices that define the organization.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="771"] In the days and weeks following George Floyd’s death, the Black cries against injustice were joined by voices from the rest of society in a way not seen in decades.[/caption] Perhaps the ultimate white privilege is simply being able to look away. I am a white middle-class male, brought up in a white middle-class suburb

[caption id="attachment_14740" align="aligncenter" width="634"] Sycamore International works out of a 30,000-square-foot facility in West Grove, Pa.[/caption] Sycamore International’s roots were in serving the IT asset management needs of K-12 schools and universities/colleges, but the company has since branched out to service other sectors,

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]Manufacturers[/dropcap] of devices are central to the evolution of electronics recovery.

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]In[/dropcap] a April 2018 publication, “The Data Center is Dead and Digital Infrastructures Emerge,” Gartner estimates that, 80% of enterprises will have shut down

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]Back[/dropcap] in the early 2000s when I started my work to help develop the ITAD and refurbishment field, electronics reuse was actually not regarded as an importa

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]Alex[/dropcap] de Vries' first foray into studying the environmental impacts of cryptocurrency mining focused on energy consumption.

[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.

[caption id="attachment_13918" align="aligncenter" width="628"] Spectrum Ecycle has 13 employees working out of a 13,000-square-foot facility in St.

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2019-2020 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   [dropcap]For[/dropcap] many operators in the world of electronics recycling, plastics have recently become a major talking point. Before 2017, the scrap plastics that