Right-to-Repair Laws and What They Mean for ITAD & Electronics Recyclers
The popular throwaway culture in the U.S. is reaching a critical breaking point. Around the world, 68.3 million tons of electronics were produced. Only 1% of the rare earth metals needed to make these devices came from e-recycling. Worse, electronic waste has risen 5x faster than e-waste recycling rates.One of the biggest issues has been […]
City & State New York Interviews John Shegerian of ERI
ERI’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman John Shegerian was recently interviewed by reporter Jonathan Lentz of City & State New York on the topic of the increased dangers of hardware hacking in the age of COVID. Hardware cybersecurity has become of growing concern to businesses and government agencies all around the world. ERI is at the […]
ERI’s Technology Recycling Boxes Highlighted In Los Angeles Business Journal
ERI, the nation’s leading fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company currently provides the only NAID, R2, and e-Stewards certified secure-at-home (or office) box program in the United States. The program provides contactless, transparent delivery and pickup. All collected electronics are responsibly recycled and all data is securely destroyed.The […]
How ERI Partners With Office Relocation Companies For ITAD & Data Destruction
Relocating your office is a time-consuming task in more than one way. You have to decide what goes and what stays. The office supplies, files, and equipment that is going with you have to be packed and inventoried. The items that you’re recycling also need to be inventoried and properly handled. You have to pack, […]
Is It Safe to Buy Refurbished or Used Electronics?
Everyone wants to save money. As tempting as it is to save a bundle on refurbished electronics, people do worry that they’re setting themselves up for major disappointment. If you look at the price of an iPhone 8, a refurbished or used phone is more than 50% off the MSRP. The savings make it extremely […]
Ultimate Guide To Hardware Data Security
If your company isn’t focused on hardware data security as a complete data protection plan, you’re making a grave mistake. Data breaches do occur due to breaches of the software installed in your offices, warehouses, or other areas of business. They can occur if you do not take protections when recycling your outdated or broken […]
New Decade Audit: 5 Things Your Business Should Do Now to Ensure Your and Your Customer’s Privacy
With a new decade comes new priorities. As a business owner, your employees’, customers’, and your company’s privacy must be top of that list. Already in 2020, news has hit about data breaches with Landry’s restaurant group, Microsoft, and the POS system used by many medical marijuana dispensaries. Don’t make yourself a target of a […]
Hacking is Often an Inside Job. Are You Protected?
The 2019 Global Data Exposure Report asked more than 1,000 security experts about security. The respondents confirmed they had a security plan in place when they were breached. More than two-thirds of these breaches happened from the inside. When it came to clicking on links they should have ignored, 65% of CEOs and 78% of […]
Data Breaches and ITAD – What You Need To Know
Data breaches have affected millions of people. Those millions of people are filing lawsuits against these companies for failure to protect their private information. Equifax’s lax security methods led to 143 million SSNs, credit card numbers, and driver’s licenses being stolen. Poor security measures also affected Facebook, First American Corporation, Oregon’s Department of Transportation, and […]
Hackers Have Stolen Nearly 4 Billion Records In The Past Decade
In the past 10 years, data breaches have led to close to 4 billion records being stolen. Hackers are attacking some of the nation’s, and world’s, largest organizations. Any organization that’s not carefully disposing of their outdated electronics is adding to the problem. It’s essential for a company to carefully consider how electronics are recycled. There […]