Canada

By rr_test_admin, 6 February, 2020
[caption id="attachment_13064" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Free Geek Toronto received its first load of devices from Lanner this month. | New Africa/Shutterstock[/caption] A global OEM is working with a nonprofit recycling organization to get returned devices refurbished for reuse by individuals that otherwise wouldn't have access to the
By rr_test_admin, 5 December, 2019
[caption id="attachment_12714" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Staff at KC Recycling in Trail, B.C. | Courtesy of KC Recycling.[/caption] KC Recycling, which prepares CRT glass for Teck's lead smelter in British Columbia, is doubling its glass-processing capacity.
By rr_test_admin, 14 November, 2019
[caption id="attachment_9365" align="aligncenter" width="1080"]data security 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
By rr_test_admin, 17 October, 2019
[caption id="attachment_11157" align="aligncenter" width="900"]A pile of mixed e-scrap material. Quantum Lifecycle Partners doesn't have plans to shut down any of the facilities previously operated by Shift Group or GEEP Canada. | KPixMining/Shutterstock[/caption] GEEP Canada and the Shift Group of Companies recently merged to form the large
By rr_test_admin, 3 October, 2019
[caption id="attachment_12250" align="aligncenter" width="950"] WorkSafeBC says it found a number of violations during an inspection of KC Recycling's facility. | Komkrich Marom/Shutterstock[/caption] Authorities in British Columbia have fined a battery and electronics recycler, saying the company failed to protect workers from exposure to toxic
By rr_test_admin, 12 September, 2019
[caption id="attachment_9285" align="aligncenter" width="720"]A pile of mixed e-scrap. The newly formed company, Quantum Lifecycle Partners, will operate eight processing facilities in four Canadian provinces. | Olivier Le Queinec/Shutterstock[/caption] GEEP Canada and the Shift Group of Companies are bringing together their e-scrap and I