March 27, 2023

5 Tips for Smooth Data Center Decommissioning Projects

In 2022, estimates are that there were 5.9 million Google user queries, 231 million emails sent, and millions of instant messages. Video streaming, customer sales, account details, social media posts, and so many other aspects of data is generated each day. Statista estimates that the data that was created and captured was around 97 zettabytes […]

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March 27, 2023

Why Is Battery Recycling So Important?

If you have electronic or electrical devices and items in your home, chances are high that it runs on battery power. Smoke, fire, and carbon monoxide detectors usually take a 9-volt battery, and every household has multiple devices. Your laptop and smartphone likely have a lithium-ion battery. Your desktop computer has a cell battery. Solar lights […]

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March 27, 2023

Don’t Throw Out Hard-to-Recycle Items Without Reading These Tips

“Wishcycling” is one of the biggest challenges for recycling facilities. What is wishcycling? It’s a situation where people place items in their blue recycling bins because they have a recycling symbol or it’s made from materials that you feel are recyclable. But, those items actually contaminate the recycling stream and create a situation where a […]

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February 6, 2023

How To Prevent Lithium Ion Battery Fires

Vancouver, British Columbia’s Fire and Rescue Services put out warnings to residents to be careful when charging lithium-ion batteries due to a 5x increase in fires caused by these batteries. In the U.S., the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported more than 25,000 fires were caused by lithium-ion batteries in 2018.These batteries are in your […]

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January 23, 2023

How Data Centers Decommission & Upgrade Servers

Experts agree that most data centers should upgrade their services every three to five years. Even if a system seems to be operating well, manufacturer warranties tend to end after three years, though some will go as high as five.More importantly, IDC and Dell found that server performance drops by 14% every year. By the […]

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January 18, 2023

Why Alkaline Battery Recycling Is Critical For the Environment

In general, there are five categories of household batteries: Single-Use, Lithium Ion, Small Sealed Lead Acid, Nickel Cadmium, and Nickel-Metal Hydride. When batteries are rechargeable, they can be used hundreds or thousands of times before they stop holding a charge and must be sent for recycling. Single-use batteries are used once and disposed of. These […]

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November 10, 2022

Ways To Prevent Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

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 start fires, or the most […]

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November 6, 2022

Why Is It Important to Recycle Your Used Electronics?

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 pay for recycling.For states that […]

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