Electronics currently hold the title as being the fastest growing waste stream and while volumes increase, so do the challenges in providing effective end-of-life device management across the globe. The European community recognized these obstacles when it created the waste electrical and electronic equipment label of excellence (WEEELABEX) certification. This standard is an integral part…
Puerto Rico recently made landmark strides toward the domestic management of e-waste with their first multi-stakeholder meeting. Discussions involved pivotal deliberations on how they can regulate and educate businesses and consumers on the new electronics recycling law – approved September 2014 – which amended the 2012 Puerto Rico electronics recycling law. In collaboration with Nova…
The only constant in business is change and in order to remain a leader it must evolve to the dynamic needs of its customers. Following the recent announcement by Sims to implement a five year strategic plan for restructuring its focus in response to changing market demands, Sims took some time to identify significant service…
When asked about the importance of risk reduction by securing data throughout the IT asset disposal (ITAD) program, 74 percent of companies felt it was extremely important, according to the International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM). Many companies opt for in-house data destruction so they can destroy the hard drive themselves. Hard drive overwriting…
The Asset Disposal and Information Security Alliance (ADISA) was launched in 2010 in the United Kingdom as an industry standard for companies who participate in IT asset recovery services. This standard was designed to measure the security aspects of the asset recovery process to ensure assets and data are managed correctly. Organizations working with ADISA-certified…
The discovery that developed countries were shipping their toxic waste to Africa and other developing nations for disposal in the late 1980s ignited international outrage and a demand for action. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, commonly referred to as the Basel Convention Treaty, was passed…
It’s a sobering visual: the total volume of electronic scrap generated worldwide between 2010 and 2025 will cover one square mile to a height of 268 feet—a quantity roughly equivalent to the area of New York City’s Central Park and the height of the Brooklyn Bridge—and weigh about 70 million tons, based on Pike Research’s…
Vendors Evaluated on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision Sims Recycling Solutions, the global leader in electronics reuse and recycling, today announced that Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, has named the company as a “Challenger” in a recent report. The research and placement represented…