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E-Waste Recycling

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E-Waste Recycling Metrics
How to Evaluate an Enterprise E-Waste Recycling Program: 10 Essential Metrics for IT Teams

An organization can recycle thousands of pounds of electronics and still have limited insight into whether its program is actually...

A Complete Guide on Business Laptop E-Waste Recycling : Full-Office Cleanout, Plan & Disposal (with downloadables)

Your laptop e-waste cleanout has to cover inventory, data protection, collection, reuse or recycling decisions, compliant processing and documentation. It’s...

School E-Waste Recycling
How Schools Can Responsibly Recycle E-Waste: A Complete Guide

Technology has become an essential part of modern education. From classroom laptops and tablets to interactive displays and computer labs,...

Compliance Regulations

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HIPAA-Compliant Laptop Disposal Checklists for Healthcare Organizations

Hospitals and health care facilities retire hundreds of old laptops every year as part of hardware refresh cycles, technology upgrades,...

Wiped Devices
Why ‘Wiped’ Devices Still Fail IT Audit Standards?

When organizations upgrade systems and replace employee hardware, thousands of devices leave corporate environments every year. Many businesses rely on...

Nist
NIST SP 800-88 Purge Certification: What Auditors Actually Look For

Most companies assume the hard part is wiping the drive. In reality, the bigger problem usually starts afterward, when an...

Data Destruction Security

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data security
The Chain-of-Custody During Data Center Decommissioning: Where Data Security Can Break Down

During data center decommissioning, data-bearing assets like hard drives and servers move through multiple hands. From rack removal to staging,...

A Complete Guide to Data Center Decommissioning

Decommissioning a data center needs to account for data security, asset tracking, logistics and compliance. The process also has to...

Data Destruction
On-Site vs. Off-Site Data Destruction: Which Pickup Option Works Best?

Retired devices are often treated as finished business, but the data inside them does not disappear on its own. Hard...

ITAD

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Secure Laptop Disposal
How MSPs Can Offer Secure Laptop Disposal to Clients Without Building an ITAD Operation

When a client replaces 50 laptops, the MSP’s job doesn’t necessarily end when the new devices are delivered. Still needs...

ITAD
How does ITAM Handover Assets to ITAD? (Where Asset Records, Ownership, and Accountability Often Break Down)

When IT assets are no longer usable, ITAM hands them over to ITAD teams for secure processing, reuse, resale, recycling,...

What Are Used Business Laptops Worth? A Guide to Resale Value

Used business laptops typically retain 20–40% of their original purchase price when in good condition. According to Global Market Insights...

Asset Recovery

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IT Asset Recovery Explained
IT Asset Recovery Explained: Process, Best Practices, Benefits, and More

Rapid device turnover, remote work, and shorter IT lifecycles have increased the volume of retired equipment across organizations. Global e-waste...

IT Assets
A Complete Guide to Monetizing Retired IT Assets

Why IT Asset Recovery Matters in 2026 Retired hardware represents one of the most overlooked budget offsets in IT. When...

Industry Solutions

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A Complete Guide to Recycling E-Waste in the Construction Industry

What comes to mind when you hear these terms: concrete, steel, and wood? The construction industry, right? The construction industry...

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5 Children Nonprofits That Need Your Old Tech

Global electronic waste is a rising and multi-faceted problem, which grows complex by the minute. Statistics tell us that we...

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Secure Laptop Disposal
How MSPs Can Offer Secure Laptop Disposal to Clients Without Building an ITAD Operation

October 14, 2026 | ITAD

When a client replaces 50 laptops, the MSP’s job doesn’t necessarily end when the new devices are delivered. Still needs...

ITAD
How does ITAM Handover Assets to ITAD? (Where Asset Records, Ownership, and Accountability Often Break Down)

October 8, 2026 | ITAD

When IT assets are no longer usable, ITAM hands them over to ITAD teams for secure processing, reuse, resale, recycling,...

E-Waste Recycling Metrics
How to Evaluate an Enterprise E-Waste Recycling Program: 10 Essential Metrics for IT Teams

October 6, 2026 | E-Waste Recycling

An organization can recycle thousands of pounds of electronics and still have limited insight into whether its program is actually...

data security
The Chain-of-Custody During Data Center Decommissioning: Where Data Security Can Break Down

October 1, 2026 | Data Destruction Security

During data center decommissioning, data-bearing assets like hard drives and servers move through multiple hands. From rack removal to staging,...

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Data Destruction
On-Site vs. Off-Site Data Destruction: Which Pickup Option Works Best?

May 6, 2026 | Data Destruction Security

Retired devices are often treated as finished business, but the data inside them does not disappear on its own. Hard...

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Top 7 Myths About IT Asset Disposal – Debunked!

March 12, 2025 | Data Destruction Security

Retiring old tech is not as simple as tossing a laptop in a drawer or collecting outdated devices in a...

Internal hard drive sitting on a pile of shredded metal
Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) Favors Hard Drive Recycling

November 4, 2013 | Compliance Regulations

Anyone involved in entrepreneurial activities must know about the Sarbanes and Oxley Act of 2002 in the USA. Named after...

Good E-Waste Recycler
What to Expect From a Professional E-Waste Recycler

August 17, 2015 | E-Waste Recycling

E-Waste Recycling Service: From Pickup to Recycling When choosing a professional e-waste recycler you need to focus on the services...

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Secure Laptop Disposal
How MSPs Can Offer Secure Laptop Disposal to Clients Without Building an ITAD Operation

October 14, 2026 | ITAD

When a client replaces 50 laptops, the MSP’s job doesn’t necessarily end when the new devices are delivered. Still needs...

Internal hard drive sitting on a pile of shredded metal
Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) Favors Hard Drive Recycling

November 4, 2013 | Compliance Regulations

Anyone involved in entrepreneurial activities must know about the Sarbanes and Oxley Act of 2002 in the USA. Named after...

Recycle Electronics Safely In Pennsylvania
Did you know that illegally disposing of e-waste in Pennsylvania can land you in jail?

January 6, 2014 | Compliance Regulations

If you live in Pennsylvania and plan to throw out old electronics, think again. Improper disposal of e-waste isn’t just...

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E-Waste Recycling vs Refusing: A Decision Framework for Businesses

July 9, 2014 | E-Waste Recycling

What Is Recycling? Recycling deals with equipment that has reached the end of its working life or no longer meets...

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How Businesses Still Handle E-Waste
Uncomfortable Truths About How Businesses Still Handle E-Waste

February 9, 2026 | E-Waste Recycling

Most businesses believe they are handling e-waste responsibly. On the surface, the devices are retired, vendors are contacted, and the...

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E-Waste Recycling Glossary: 60 Terms for Recycling Enthusiasts!

January 25, 2024 | E-Waste Recycling

E-waste recycling is a complicated problem of massive proportions. From devices intentionally designed to fail every few years to recycling...

Computer Recycling Process
The Computer Recycling Process: Your Device’s Journey After Retirement

January 7, 2016 | E-Waste Recycling

What Is Computer Recycling? Computer recycling is the controlled recovery, reuse, and processing of old computers so their parts, materials,...

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What Are Covered Electronic Devices (CEDs) and How Should You Recycle Them?

July 1, 2025 | Data Destruction Security

Updating your tech feels exciting. Getting a faster laptop or a sleek new tablet can give you a huge dopamine...