Where Does E-waste Really End Up?
Throwing something away doesn’t mean it’s gone forever—so where does e-waste really go after you dispose of it? The answer depends on how you dispose of it. Here are some […]
Study Shows Personal Identifiable Information Found on Resold Electronics
What do you do with your old electronic devices? Because electronic waste can be hazardous when sent to landfills, it’s strongly recommended that you recycle your electronics instead. However, your […]
5 Industries Benefiting from E-waste Recovery
The use of recovered electronics parts in newer devices is not a new practice, but several industries are capitalizing on it in ways conducive to solving the e-waste crisis. With […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. The entire podcast […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]