1. The Biggest Problem With E-Waste? What We Don’t Know When your phone stops working or you trade up for a newer model, where does it go? Like any electronic device — from laptops to lamps, washing machines to flat-screen TVs — it doesn’t just disappear. It becomes electronic waste, or e-waste — a fast-growing category of trash that in 2016 […]
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1. Advantages of Hard Drive Shredding Most people get worried when they are about electronic media destruction i.e. recycling of electronic components like their computers. Data in the disk is not permanently removed unless you deliberately remove yourself through overwriting, physical disk destruction, and degaussing. Electronic media destruction is the best method for protection if
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1. A Brief History on the Electronic Waste Disposal Industry The history of electronic waste disposal generally began in the mid-70s. Since 1976, with the passage of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), it has been illegal to dump e-waste in the United States. Since the Basel Convention in 1989, it has been likewise illegal
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1. How Mobile Shredding Companies Are Changing the Industry Mobile shredding companies are changing the way many companies do business. With the introduction of computers and online storage and archiving systems, businesses are finding it much easier to store their important documents electronically. Using electronic storage methods eliminates the need for keeping paper documents that can
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1. The Electronic Menace: Why E-waste is a Major Concern Today The world today is in the midst of a rapidly expanding wave of digitization. As technology evolves and continues to automate functions across industries, countries across geographies have witnessed visible growth in the use of electronic devices across every sector. In light of this situation,
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1. Any Hard Drive Not Properly Destroyed Puts You at Risk It’s important to Patriot Shredding that we keep our customers information safe. That means being informed and understanding the risk that goes into proper hard drive destruction. Sometimes, companies will think they are doing everything to keep their customers information safe, but they are not.
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1. What Documents Should I Shred and What Should I Keep? We provided a couple articles already explaining all about On-site Shredding and why it’s important. But after that, what do you do? It sounds easy, but how do you know what documents to keep and which ones to shred? That’s why we found this article
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1. What is E-Waste ? It can be difficult to remember to get rid of the electronic waste that’s sitting around in your home or office, much less how it should be disposed of. That’s why we at Patriot Shredding are here to inform you the importance of proper electronic waste disposal and assist you in
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1. Hard Drive Shredding Guide It is important to understand that the hard drive within your laptop or computer contains all of your important information that is just a simple click away to those who know how to use or hack into it. That’s why when you’re ready to upgrade your laptop or computer, you need
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1. Records Retention No matter if you’re a home or business, you have sensitive paperwork and files sitting within your home. Whether you collected a relatives old records after they passed away or you have years worth of clients records from your business that’s been open for the past 20 years, on-site paper shredding services is
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