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 weekly recap of this week’s blog posts including new initiatives to lower certification barriers, how to achieve ESG goals with diversity spend, details on why the electronics market may have collapsed, and details regarding the recent Senate hearing over e-waste recycling and reuse.
Two companies in the waste and recycling industry have partnered to create a low-carbon 100 percent recycled titanium supply chain that will close the loop chain by recycling more titanium metal.
Two municipalities in Florida recently opted to send household e-scrap to a waste-to-energy plant rather than use their contracted processor for recycling.
A significant problem the world faces each day is the waste crisis. Waste of every kind continues to grow and contributes to climate change, especially in a linear economy. What some may not be aware of is that there is a way to eliminate waste altogether.
Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including problem solving with vITAD, details regarding the Smithsonian museum’s “Connected” exhibit, battery funding provided by the DOE, and ways to minimize the risk of counterfeit electronic components.
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the U.S. Department of Energy announced plans to provide $192 million in funding for battery recycling advancements and the launch of a battery research and development consortium.
