Electronic waste (e-waste) is the fastest growing domestic waste stream. The amount of electric and electronic equipment used globally is increasing every year by 2.5 million tonnes, and only 17 percent of e-waste in 2019 was formally collected and recycled. Over time this has become a global environmental issue in need of attention. Enter Circular…
With a population of 1.3 billion and the presence of 75 percent of with world’s IT companies – including Amazon, LG, Microsoft, Panasonic and Samsung – India’s immense size provides great opportunities as well as challenges. It makes perfect sense that the IT service industry in India is rapidly expanding. According to research group McKinsey,…
Data Privacy Day, held January 28, is an annual event to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. We want to use this day as a great reminder of the importance of global privacy and security. Privacy issues can be detrimental to a business and IT asset disposition (ITAD) companies are vital…
Now that the EU and UK have separated, we revisit what Brexit means for IT asset disposition (ITAD), data center decommissioning and recycling programs. On Dec. 24, the European Union (EU) and UK reached a trade agreement formalizing arrangements for the UK’s exit from the EU. The ITAD and recycling industry greeted the news of…
Ingrid Sinclair, Global President of Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS), participated in the Leading Forward podcast with Christie Berger to discuss her role over the last two years. Ingrid is the first woman selected as a divisional president of any Sims division; and in her role she oversees all operational and revenue responsibilities for reuse and…
As negotiations continue and attempts to broker a trade deal between the EU and UK enter the final stages, staff at Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) are continuing to monitor progress and review our preparations to ensure that we are ready for Brexit. Our objective is to continue to provide the seamless lifecycle services that our…
The coronavirus has continued to impact telecommunications and technology industries in many ways. Recently, the tech industry has shown a 14 percent decrease in global device shipments. IT spending, purchasing and manufacturing is down, but cloud infrastructure is currently coping with increased traffic. These behaviors have led to a sustainable trend of resourceful IT asset…
As experts in resource management and materials recovery, Sims Lifecycle Services put together a list of basic best practices for designing products for sustainability.
If somebody told me three months ago, the global economy would crash, millions would lose their jobs, and schools would be closed all in response to a global pandemic, just like the rest of us, I would not have believed them. Yet, here we are today. At the moment in most parts of the globe…