Sims Lifecycle Services has partnered with Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity (RCHFH) to provide front doors for the next 10 Habitat houses being built in the new Legacy Pointe subdivision of affordable housing. “We’ve had a wonderful ongoing relationship and support from Sims over the years,”, stated RCHFH Executive Director Terri Shultz. “This donation…
The process of changing to a new vendor can be intimidating, however appropriately resourcing vendor-to-vendor transitions minimizes risk and adds value. You completed your selection process, RFPs are reviewed, and the best scoring vendor has been selected. The stakeholders in your organization are satisfied and all the hoops jumped through. The contract is signed, sealed…
Ensure aviation data security and offset carbon emissions through responsible IT resource management. Data Security: Aviation IT security is a top priority. The global airline industry has continued to grow over recent years, which inherently brings an increase in data threats. A global airline CEO survey disclosed that 85 percent of airline CEO’s view airline…
U.S. issues with transboundary movement of plastic waste for recycling Recently we reported that the Parties to the Basel Convention (187 countries) adopted an amendment to its annexes, governing the transboundary movement of plastic waste as a method to combat the issue of plastic marine litter. This amendment takes effect in January 2021 and controls…
Attending the 2019 E-Scrap Conference in Orlando? Do not miss Plenary Session II: “Where Things Stand in Asia”, where Sean Magann, Global VP of Sims Lifecycle Services is one of four scheduled to deliver a presentation on this topic. Presentations will discuss Asian import restrictions and explain how these are impacting (and perhaps altering) operations.…
A checklist to help guide you through the hyperscale or traditional data center decommissioning process. How often do you replace your data center servers? While most servers last an average of five years, the timing to replace servers might be more specific to the data center itself. Considerations might include cost efficiencies and performance of…
In 2017 and 2018, the Chinese government implemented waste import restrictions limiting or banning a variety of recyclable material they had previously accepted for processing. It was summer of 2017, when the Chinese first signaled this change in policy and notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that they would be banning the import of 24…
Global IT asset disposition service resources for those seeking an Arrow replacement On July 15, 2019, Arrow Electronics announced they were exiting the IT asset disposition (ITAD) market with this announcement. In short, they indicated, “The decision has been made to cease operations of the personal computer and mobility asset disposition business,” leaving many clients…