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E-Waste Recycling

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Retire Your Business Laptop
How to Retire Your Business Laptop Fleet End to End: A Refresh & Disposal Checklist

Refreshing a business laptop fleet can be a long process, especially when you’re retiring hundreds of devices at once. Businesses...

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...

Data Destruction Security

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Data Center Decommissioning
Data Center Decommissioning Risk Assessment: 12 Things IT Teams Should Verify Before Removing Equipment

A data center decommissioning risk assessment identifies potential IT, security, asset, safety, and logistical risks before equipment is disconnected or...

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...

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...

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

Key Takeaways Research nonprofit donation requirements to ensure your devices meet their needs. Back up important files and securely erase...

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Retire Your Business Laptop
How to Retire Your Business Laptop Fleet End to End: A Refresh & Disposal Checklist

October 27, 2026 | E-Waste Recycling

Refreshing a business laptop fleet can be a long process, especially when you’re retiring hundreds of devices at once. Businesses...

Data Center Decommissioning
Data Center Decommissioning Risk Assessment: 12 Things IT Teams Should Verify Before Removing Equipment

October 20, 2026 | Data Destruction Security

A data center decommissioning risk assessment identifies potential IT, security, asset, safety, and logistical risks before equipment is disconnected or...

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,...

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IT Asset Liquidation
How to Decide Between IT Asset Liquidation and Recycling?

March 10, 2026 | E-Waste Recycling

As technology refresh cycles accelerate, organizations are retiring IT assets faster than ever. The ITAD market was valued at approximately...

Facts About Recycling
15 Facts About Recycling (What Most People Don’t Know But Should)

June 9, 2015 | E-Waste Recycling

Many people believe that simply tossing something into a recycling bin guarantees it will become a new product. In reality,...

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How Ewaste Recycling Is Creating A Lot Of Jobs

June 29, 2015 | E-Waste Recycling

Ewaste recycling critics have long maintained that e waste recycling is a waste of time, money and effort. That the...

Tri-State IT Asset Liquidation
Tri-State IT Asset Liquidation: Market Trends & Regulations

April 8, 2026 | ITAD

In many Tri-State offices, old IT equipment doesn’t disappear—it just gets moved around. A batch of laptops from a recent...

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Retire Your Business Laptop
How to Retire Your Business Laptop Fleet End to End: A Refresh & Disposal Checklist

October 27, 2026 | E-Waste Recycling

Refreshing a business laptop fleet can be a long process, especially when you’re retiring hundreds of devices at once. Businesses...

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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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...

Person recycling electronic waste into a green box.
Turning Global Crises Into Powerful Opportunities- E-Waste In 2025

April 13, 2022 | E-Waste Recycling

For years now, plastic has dominated environmental conversations. But today, a new threat is taking the center stage, and it...

Data Center Decommissioning
Data Center Decommissioning Risk Assessment: 12 Things IT Teams Should Verify Before Removing Equipment

October 20, 2026 | Data Destruction Security

A data center decommissioning risk assessment identifies potential IT, security, asset, safety, and logistical risks before equipment is disconnected or...

A broken laptop screen with a recycling symbol
Laptop Recycling Guide 101: How to Dispose your Laptop Safely

March 21, 2024 | E-Waste Recycling

Key Takeaways Back Up and Secure Data: Save important files, sign out of accounts, and securely wipe or remove the...