ERI Becomes First ITAD Company to be both SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 Certified June 11, 2024 01:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time FRESNO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ERI, the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today that it has successfully achieved [...]

If not disposed of properly, a business could be opening itself up to serious problems. All hardware, including hard drives, pictured here, should be responsibly recycled for security and sustainability reasons./Getty Images   by Gene Marks Published June 11, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET Microsoft Corp. announced last month a new collaboration with [...]

When it comes to e-waste and electronics recycling, the U.S. is making strides, but there’s still a lot of room for improvement. As of 2019, almost 54 million metric tons (more than 119,000 pounds) of e-waste were generated around the globe, yet just over 17% was properly recycled. When e-waste [...]

Many districts lack alkaline battery recycling and advise locals to throw their alkaline batteries out. Recycling options tend to focus more on car and lawnmower batteries, lithium-ion batteries, and other rechargeable batteries. Did you know that recycling alkaline batteries is just as important? While many devices now use rechargeable batteries, [...]

How are you disposing of alkaline batteries? All of the batteries you use around a home or business – 9-volt, AA, AAA, C, D, etc. – are all examples of single-use alkaline battery sizes. It’s the Energizer, Duracell, Rayovac, and generic store brand batteries you purchase in stores. Single-use batteries [...]

In the U.S., consumers replace their cell phones every two and a half to three years. In general, Samsung offers five to seven years of security updates. Google Pixels get five years of security updates. The iPhone’s security updates end after about five years. The lesser-known Fairphone promises security updates [...]

FRESNO, Calif., April 16, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ERI, the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, has received the highest average star rating from customers (4.5 out if 5) in Compliance Standards LLC’s 2024 ITAD Vendor Reputation Ratings report. The ratings are the result [...]

Alkaline batteries, also known as single-use batteries, are the batteries you use each day in things like smoke detectors, remotes, and portable radios. When they run out of energy, it used to be commonplace to throw them into the household trash. In some communities, it’s what people are told to [...]