India’s Booming Mobile Phone Manufacturing: What does this mean for e-waste?
As manufacturing and device use in India increases, it becomes even more critical that India’s e-waste is responsibly managed. Learn more.
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Making India’s Digital Growth Sustainable
There is increased demand for cloud storage which can be attributed to increased internet usage, private sector investment in big data, etc.
Data Privacy Regulations You Need to Know During ITAD
A company’s IT asset disposition (ITAD) plan must consider protection against various types of threats, as well as compliance with existing regulations.
Your Insight to the Future of the E-waste Industry
Electronics and gadgets become more and more seamlessly woven into the fabric of our lives every day. As the internet of things continues to simplify modern day life, recyclers are kept busy adapting to new material compositions, shrinking product sizes and increasing volumes of e-waste. As a part of a dynamic industry, e-waste recyclers are…
What you can do to Locate the Jewels in Your Waste Streams
How you can implement circular economy measures in your IT asset disposition (ITAD) and recycling programs to improve value recovery and make your business more sustainable. We are living on a planet with finite resources and depleting those precious commodities quickly. As a result there is great momentum in the search for circular processes that…
R2 Certification Achieved at Singapore ITAD Site
Managed by the nonprofit, Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), the Responsible Recycling (R2) Standard establishes provisions for environmental, worker health and safety, and security practices. The R2 certification allows IT asset disposition (ITAD) companies to highlight that they comply with this common set of processes, safety measures and documentation used to breakdown or recover end-of-life…
ADISA Passes SRS European and APAC Sites for ITAD Services
Launched in 2010, the Asset Disposal and Information Security Alliance (ADISA) industry standard was designed for companies who participate in IT asset disposition (ITAD). The ADISA Certification gives clients reassurance that their ITAD vendor operates to the highest industry standards, reflecting current best practices for managing data bearing assets while performing secure data destruction and…
Management at the International E-Waste Management Network Meeting
Larry King, a legislative analyst on Sims Recycling Solutions’ OEM Compliance team, was an invited speaker at the 4th annual International E-Waste Management Network (IEMN) meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam in July. The meeting was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the EPA Taiwan, and the Vietnam Environment Administration. IEMN enables environmental officials from…
Sims Participates in Basel Convention Meetings in Indonesia
Patti Whiting, senior international policy analyst for Sims Recycling Solutions’ original equipment (OEM) compliance team, participated in an Asia and Pacific E-Waste Stakeholder’s meeting, and back-to-back meetings of the Basel Convention’s Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) and the Expert Working Group on Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) in Jakarta, Indonesia from May 27-31, 2014.…
Sims Recycling Solutions Ready to Unveil Redesigned Website
In October, Sims Recycling Solutions will launch its newly redesigned website. Structured to meet the needs of several different audiences, including current customers, businesses, consumers, municipalities, and electronics manufacturers, visitors can easily navigate the new website to quickly locate information about Sims, its services, and the electronics reuse and recycling industry. The new look is…