The Baltimore City Department of Public Works recently allowed a contract to lapse, leaving city residents with no way to dispose of electronic waste responsibly.
Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including signs that your electronics are overheating, back to school recycling tips, expanding enterprise asset value with mobile life-cycling management, and how technology is transforming industry supply chains.
Students and teachers across the country are returning to classrooms for another school year, and many parents are shopping for school supplies. The average expenses in 2023 of families with children in elementary through high school is $890, $25 more than last year.
Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including the challenges of electronics recycling, maximizing the value of IT assets with donations programs, value-added enterprise asset services, and ways to reduce cloud costs.
The electronics industry has grown exponentially in the last 20 years and is successful in all facets. One obstacle many consumers face is what to do with devices after retirement. Electronics recycling, a lesser-known industry, is an eco-friendly way to dispose of retired IT assets. However, the industry has faced many challenges, some more recently than others.
Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including problem solving with vITAD services like remote management, an overview of the Apple WWDC23 keynote, a survey showing how data concerns may be responsible for decreasing recycling rates, and mobile processing in the ITAD space.
E-scrap recyclers in California may see an increase in state payments due to a proposed rate increase motivated by several factors, including high inflation.
In late 2021, the Council of the District of Columbia passed a law allowing only eStewards-certified facilities to be used in the eCYCLE Program.
As the school year winds down, students may find themselves with an abundance of leftover school supplies. Luckily, there’s plenty to do with used supplies like pencils, glue bottles, binders, pens, and small electronics.
Oregon’s House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would significantly change the state’s electronics collection and processing law. On March 22, House Bill 3220 passed with 56 votes in favor and four excused and not voting.