Throughout the years several tech giants have been taken to court by disgruntled consumers over a number of different issues. Google is the most recent company to find itself in hot water with consumers over illegal tracking claims. iPhone users have band together to take legal action in a lawsuit set to end a years-long…
Sustainable Electronics Recycling (SERI) released the first major update of the R2 standard since 2013 in July 2020, providing a list of new standards for IT asset disposition enterprises. We have been highlighting R2v3 with a series outlining the updated standards. Read more about the new R2v3 changes including EH&S Management Updates, Data Security, Process Requirements, Data Sanitization,…
Today marks America Recycles Day, a day to remind ourselves of the importance of reducing waste and educating each other on the critical need to protect our environment and keep our planet clean. According to National Geographic, each American sends 64 tons of waste to landfills during their lifetime, the equivalent of 246 million tons…
We’ve all seen the movies like Ready Player One that depict a futuristic society wherein life is conducted in a virtual world. While today’s technology isn’t quite up to par, this hasn’t stopped multiple tech companies from jumping on the bandwagon in efforts to be the first to create the Metaverse. Facebook, now called Meta,…
The Canada Plastics Pact released the “Roadmap to 2025: A shared action plan to build a circular economy for plastics” Oct. 21. The document reflects how the organization envisions the development of a circular economy for polymers. Organized by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the CPP is composed of 70 businesses, non profit organizations, and governments,…
Throughout the years people all over the world have collected many different types of electronics, at least two to three devices each, and each device contains large amounts of data. Similarly, an office filled with phones, computers, tablets and security systems all contain data that is stored in data centers. When electronics are ready to…