Curbing the Rise of Illegal E-waste Dumping
Last year, Comcast paid $26 million for illegal e-waste dumping in California. In 2014, AT&T was hit with a $50 million settlement fee for illegal dumping, also in California. Is the illegal dumping of e-waste a trend on the rise? If so, what’s causing it?What Makes Dumping E-waste Illegal?First, it’s important to understand what makes […]
5 Things You Should Know About Planned Obsolescence
Planned, or built-in, obsolescence may be extremely appealing to electronics manufacturers. It’s a way to ensure that demand for the devices they manufacture stays viable. With planned obsolescence, producers design their devices with built-in end-of-life scenarios. If you happen to purchase a mobile phone that’s designed to break down or even shut off completely after […]
Inside the Warehouses Where Our Old CRT TVs Go to Die
John Shegerian was recently featured on Vice’s pluspluspodcast talking about sustainable, healthy, and economically sustainable CRT recycling and the challenge facing recyclers, consumers, businesses, and the country. Â The entire podcast transcription can be read below, or listen in on the embedded player below. Â You can also follow along on iTunes. Â RAO: Hey everyone. Welcome […]
Our Mountain of Electronic Waste: 5 Great Problem Solving Ideas
Despite its almost purely negative connotation, the e-waste amassing in startling proportions around the world is fostering an enormous amount of innovation and problem solving, especially in terms of recycling, reuse and repair.In 2014, the then head of the United Nations Environmental Program, Achim Steiner, addressed a conference gathered in Nairobi to discuss the Basel […]
New and Alternative: E-waste Recycling and Recovery v. Mining Finite Resources
E-waste recycling has relevant solutions to the pollution and problems caused when traditional mining is used to acquire dwindling resources. These finite resources are necessary components of most electronics and a host of other devices and machines. When electronics are recycled properly, e-waste can become a viable and renewable source of these dwindling resources.In this […]
ERI Named as a Representative Vendor in Gartner Market Guide for IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)
ERI, a leader in the IT asset disposition (ITAD), cybersecurity focused hardware destruction, and data destruction space, in addition to being the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, has been named as a Representative Vendor in the November 2016 Market Guide for the ITAD industry.Gartner, a leading IT market research firm, issued its Market Guide […]
5 Myths About E-waste and E-waste Recycling Debunked
Recycling your old electronics is always a good idea. End-of-life Computers, laptops, tablets, mobile phones and more are piling up, and landfills are definitely not the best places for them.Most electronic devices contain rare elements and metals that, though useful for satisfying our high demand for newer and newer devices, are toxic to the environment […]
Federal Agents Indict Chicago-based Electronics Recycler
Notice: This article is about a third party and not about ERI.The e-waste crisis has created a underscored climate of deviation and departure from regulatory control. The controls are necessary in order to ensure that electronics are properly disposed. Without them, the dangers of too much e-waste become a reality, causing pollution of air, soil […]
Everything You Need to Know About E-waste Exporting
A 2015 report from the United Nations revealed the amount of e-waste still being exported is sizable. The study estimated that over 90 percent of worldwide e-waste is illegally traded or dumped – not recycled.As a result, a large amount of electronic waste amasses in impoverished regions and developing countries with terrible effects on public […]
From E-waste to 3-D Printer: 5 Ways To Transform E-waste into New(ish) Electronics
Of all the sources of electronics components, e-waste could be the wisest available. When combined with sustainable recycling, could become on of the best sources available for valuable electronics components. In fact the reuse of e-waste means that our growing mass of electronics waste can amount to more than just space occupied at the local […]