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December 31, 2024
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Top Industries That Benefit from Professional E-Waste Recycling Services

Professional e-waste recycling ensures that unused or broken electronics you don’t need don’t end up costing you money and public trust. Data destruction is important when it comes to ensuring […]

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December 12, 2024
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How Solar Panel Recycling Can Help Build a Sustainable Future

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 […]

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November 22, 2024
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Understanding e-Stewards and R2 Certifications: Choosing the Right Electronics Recycling Partner

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 […]

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November 17, 2024
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How “End of Life” Standards for Electronics Impact Recycling and Refurbishment Practices

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 […]

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October 24, 2024
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ERI Brings AI, Robotics and Battery Recycling to ITAD Services in Indiana

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 […]

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October 23, 2024
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How AI-Powered Data Recovery Affects IT Asset Disposal and Security

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 […]

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October 22, 2024
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ERI Teams with Staples to Launch Nationwide Tech Trade-In Program

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 […]

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October 16, 2024
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The Hidden Environmental Cost of Data Centers: ITAD Solutions You Didn’t Know You Needed

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 […]

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October 2, 2024
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The Future of Recycling Legislation: What Businesses Should Prepare For

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 […]

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September 24, 2024
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Navigating OEM Compliance: Key Regulations and Standards You Need to Know

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, […]

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