Thinking about and preserving the environment, economy, and society for future generations is essential, and solar panel recycling plays a role in this. Across the U.S., there are underground coal mine fires that have been burning for decades. Coal was great for energy production and heating, but it created massive [...]
Your storeroom or storage unit is packed with old electronics. Your business no longer needs them, but you also know that disposing of them isn’t going to be as quick and easy as you’d hope. Most businesses possess PII (personally identifiable information) and SPII (sensitive personally identifiable information) on hard [...]
Each year, Americans generate almost 47 pounds of e-waste per information available for 2022. End-of-life electronics should go into recycling, but the reality is that approximately 14 million metric tons worldwide end up in landfills. How much ends up in U.S. landfills? The EPA reports that only 59.8% of major [...]
ERI, the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition (ITAD) provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, now maintains eight state-of-the-art e-waste recycling facilities, including its state-of-the-art location in Plainfield, Indiana. ERI’s Indiana facility houses proprietary and first-in-industry technologies such as AI-driven robotics; proprietary hyper-efficient shredding; smart material tracking [...]
Artificial intelligence has the ability to do things faster and with a level of precision that most people cannot match. For many, it’s become a useful tool for generating social media posts or ideas for what to cover. It’s also a helpful tool for recovering data and identifying breaches and [...]
ERI, the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today it is teaming with Staples to support an innovative new nationwide consumer technology trade-in program. ERI and Staples are building on their longstanding commitment to e-waste recycling—over 188 million pounds recycled [...]
Announcing EDD V 2.0: The Next Generation Of Hard Drive Crushing We are thrilled to introduce EDD 2.0, the latest version of our Eco Drive Destroyer, designed to take data destruction to the next level. Originally created in 2010, EDD was developed to provide a secure and environmentally friendly method [...]
As of March 2024, there were almost 5,400 data centers in the U.S. That’s more than 10 times the number of data centers in China. Just one rack uses as much as 14kW, and more powerful AI racks can use as much as 60kW each. It’s expected that by 2030, [...]
It’s estimated that you can power a laptop for over a day with the energy saved by recycling 10 plastic bottles. In the process, you also reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that’s produced through decomposition in landfills and incinerators. There are other benefits, too. Recycling creates hundreds of thousands [...]
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) compliance follows standards set by a regulatory authority in a country or state where items are sold. If OEM compliance is ignored, items cannot be sold, and disregarding those laws results in fines from countries around the world. Plus, it can destroy your company’s reputation. Products [...]