How careful are you at following HIPAA regulations? Are you making any mistakes, even if those mistakes are inadvertent? A recent healthcare data breach in Maine is raising awareness to the importance of choosing the right methods and ITAD providers for data destruction and e-recycling. The HIPAA Privacy Rule lays [...]
This month at Tech Dump we are celebrating 10 years in the IT asset disposition and electronics recycling business. What a journey it’s been! In honor of a decade of doing business here in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro, we thought we’d share a bit about our history, why we do [...]
Did you know that Americans own around 3 billion electronic devices? And none of these electronics last forever. What do you do with your old devices when they quit working or a newer model becomes available and you want to upgrade? Not only do end-of-life electronics take up space in [...]
Lithium batteries are in everything. It’s highly likely that you own at least a dozen items containing a lithium battery. You possess so many things with these batteries that you may not even realize how many items have this type of rechargeable battery. Look around your home or office. If [...]
All technology has its benefits, but there are also downsides, especially when the technology is newer. Solar panels tap into the sun’s energy to help power homes and businesses. They’re providing energy to homes and businesses across the nation without the pollution that a fossil fuel plant creates. But, the [...]
In a supply chain, each link is carefully connected to the next. When one link breaks, the whole chain is compromised. Throughout the pandemic, many sailors have been stuck at sea for lengths of time, unable to come into port to load or unload goods. Because 90% of raw materials, [...]
Repair hub iFixit on Aug. 4 published a repair guide for the iPad 7. LG Display released its 2020-21 sustainability report. Battery recycling company Li-Cycle raised about $580 million through its acquisition by Peridot Acquisition Corp. Li-Cycle is now a … Continue Reading→ The post News from iFixit, Wisetek and [...]
With businesses in many sectors scrambling to find and retain workers, electronics recycling and repair companies are bumping pay, offering signing bonuses, holding job fairs and taking other steps. Continue Reading→ The post How firms are addressing lingering labor challenges appeared first on E-Scrap News.
Grover, a European company that provides subscription access to consumer technology, recently secured massive investment capital, underscoring wider interest in a model that maximizes device life span and facilitates end-of-life recycling. Berlin-headquartered Grover on July 28 announced it has secured … Continue Reading→ The post Device leasing firm draws $1 [...]
Sunnking’s latest transparency effort brings a whole new meaning to “recycling stream.” The Upstate New York-based electronics recycling and reuse company has begun an online video feed of its e-scrap shredder in action. The company believes it’s the first electronics … Continue Reading→ The post Processor launches live video feed [...]
