Matthias Marx, a German security researcher, spotted an eBay auction for a biometric scanner tied to the U.S. military and decided to bid $68, which was about 50% of the almost $150 asking price. He ended up with the winning bid and never expected it to have a hidden surprise. [...]
Between 2012 and 2017, the Consumer Product Safety Risk Management System reported over 25,000 problems with overheated or failed batteries in more than 400 types of rechargeable or electric devices. You may have heard of some of these complaints. Laptop batteries that overheat and start a fire, e-bike batteries that [...]
Only half of the states in the U.S. have enacted state laws that address electronics recycling. Most of these states use Producer Responsibility rules that require the manufacturers to pay for recycling. California uses an Advanced Recovery Fee. Consumers are charged a fee when they purchase electronics, and those fees [...]
Everyone needs to think about the importance of hard drive destruction. Consider what’s on your work or personal computer. Yearly income taxes that you’ve saved as PDF files, medical records, passwords, emails, photocopies of your driver’s license, etc. Business owners likely have customers’ credit card information, names, addresses, and contact [...]
ERI, the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition (ITAD) provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today that it has achieved an overall A rating from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s circular economy performance tool – Circulytics. Circulytics, a free, comprehensive tool developed by the Foundation, measures circularity [...]
The 2022 EV Battery Recycling Global Market Report came out in September. Each year, this market report takes a closer look at the growth of EV battery recycling and use in more than a dozen countries. Here are 15 of the most important takeaways from this year’s report. 16.5 Million [...]
Too many companies don’t stop to consider just what’s at stake if they don’t recycle electronics properly. IBM puts the average cost of a data breach at $4.24 million. Can you afford to take that hit? Here are a few alarming statistics regarding the risks and realities of data breaches. [...]
Bikeshare and e-scooter programs have grown substantially over the years. In 2021, there were approximately 67.7 million users in e-scooter lending programs around the world. That’s expected to grow to 124.8 million users by 2026. The U.S., Germany, and France lead this growing market. Most electric scooter batteries only last [...]
It’s estimated that the roof-top solar panels that many homeowners purchased or leased have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years. They usually lose around 0.8% of their output every year. Solar inverters may only last 10 to 15 years, so it’s not uncommon to have them fail long before [...]
E-waste is defined as electronic items that have reached their end of life. It’s the phones, computers, televisions, monitors, printers, copiers, etc. that are no longer being used for one reason or another. They may have stopped working, experienced major damage, or become so obsolete that the drivers can no [...]