IAER ELECTRONICS RECYCLING NEWSLETTER

SEPTEMBER 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

FEATURE STORIES ON ELECTRONICS RECYCLING

· Data Destruction

(Recycling Today – July 2007)

Document destruction companies, computer recyclers and waste haulers “are exploring adding e-destruction services and document destruction services”. Legislation at the federal and state level drives data protection and information destruction requirements. “Electronics recyclers can employ deformation, pulverizing, degaussing, overwriting and shredding to destroy information saved to a hard drive… A variety of business models for ITAM (information technology asset management) exist that document destruction firms can use alone or in combination … Finders-Fee … Limited Hard Drive Destruction … Asset Management … Physical Computer Destruction”

· Advice for Consumers

(Business Week – July 30, 2007)

Consumers who want to dispose of an old computer have a few options to consider. Residential waste haulers no longer pick up electronics. A number of states prohibit the disposal of electronics in landfills. Some manufacturers have take-back programs for their customers. Many municipalities have collection programs or drop-off centers. Some charities will accept equipment that is not out-dated and reusable. In any event, before disposing of a computer, “make sure that any personal or company data on your old computers cannot be retrieved and misused once they leave your hands”.

· Reuse

(Computing – August 9, 2007)

“It is more energy efficient to reuse PCs than recycle them … 75 percent of fossil fuel consumption has already happened before the computer is ever switched on … production redesign and extending a PCs usable life span are the most effective options to reducing environmental cost”. Michael Dell was recently reported to have commented that “most of the 125 million PCs discarded each year are about as powerful as the (proposed ‘One Laptop Per Child” project) $100 laptop”. Computer Aid is a not-for-profit organization “that has already shipped more than 90,000 professionally refurbished PCs donated by UK companies for reuse in developing countries … Yet the success of the program means Computer Aid is facing a severe shortage of donated PCs to meet the increasing demand from developing countries.”

· Asset Disposal Practices

(Greener Computing – August 30, 2007)

“A new IDC survey finds evidence that information technology asset disposal (ITAD) is in the midst of a ‘major transformation’, evolving from a relatively new sector to one with established processes and metrics … small companies are far less likely to use ITAD services compared with medium- and large-size companies.” Some of the characteristics of reputable ITAD service providers include: “compliance with strict data security standards”, “certificates of destruction”, and “downstream auditing”.

LEGISLATIVE NEWS ON ELECTRONICS RECYCLING

(E-Scrap News – August 6 & 31, 2007)

· Maine

The National Center for Electronics Recycling/NCER (IAER Member) “released data for the first year of Maine’s e-waste collection program. A total of 3,887,000 pounds of televisions and computer monitors were collected … (and) only 6.8 percent of the material collected was orphaned”.

Legislation was signed by the Governor “requiring cell phone retail outlets to have a system in place by October 1, 2007 which accepts used cell phones for reuse, recycling or proper disposal purposes”.

· North Carolina

The legislature passed a landfill bill “to create a recovery system for scrap electronics”.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS ON ELECTRONICS RECYCLING

· Australia

(PC Advisor – August 10, 2007 & E-Scrap News – August 15, 2007)

The state of Victoria together with the Australian Information Industry Association and the major IT equipment manufacturers have organized a 12 month program offering free collection and recycling of all brands of IT equipment. “The pilot will be used to lobby the federal government to mandate compulsory nationwide e-waste recycling.” One challenge is that “historical e-waste such as discontinued or generic equipment is a bigger problem for recycling because it accounts for about 75 percent of the total e-waste dumped each year”.

· China

(Business Week – August 9, 2007)

The United Nations group – StEP (“Solving the E-waste Problem”) has partnered with Philips Electronics and Umicore (IAER Member) in a project to use “China’s low-wage workers to man ‘disassembly’ lines to recycle e-waste”. Although China has strict regulations on e-waste imports, “there’s still a large amount of smuggling … (and) China needs an e-waste solution badly.” In addition to large volumes of e-waste being illegally dumped in China, “domestic e-waste is also rising rapidly”. The “Best of Two Worlds” project “hopes to create an e-waste recycling model for China that will use better economics to render backyard recycling obsolete”.

· U.K.

(Electronics Weekly – July 30, 2007)

The implementation of the WEEE Directive on July 1 offers both challenges and opportunities for the U.K. Up until now, “the UK has an incredibly poor set of overall statistics when it comes to waste management and recycling” … with only about 18% of household waste recycled and “around 70% ends up in landfill”. Inefficient recycling causes the loss of large quantities of metals, plastics and glass that could be recovered by recycling. Some companies are considered both “distributors” and “producers” under WEEE, which means that they “must take financial responsibility for the sound environmental collection, treatment, recovery, recycling and disposal of an equivalent amount of WEEE to that which they produce”.

· India

(Oneworld.net – August 8, 2007)

The Indian state government of Karnataka “proposed to introduce a legislation to regulate the generation of … e-waste … by the … city of Bangalore … (where) hundreds of IT companies … had chosen as their base (and) were generating over 7000 tons of e-waste annually”.

OTHER RELATED NEWS

· Arizona State University

(ASU Web Devil – July 30, 2007)

An ASU research project is focused on “finding effective ways to both physically recycle and promote the reuse of electronic products in developing countries … the group’s main goal is to study the reverse-supply chain of electronics by finding ways to get outdated electronics to those who could really use them … (while) recycling and extracting the (recoverable material) resources at home”.

· EPEAT

(E-Scrap News – August 6, 2007)

“The first round of EPEAT guideline verifications revealed that the primary reason for non-conformance was lack of oversight over e-scrap processors.” Findings included “no evidence of an audit program in place … (or) only performing audits of North American processors”.

· SHARP

(E-Scrap News – August 31, 2007)

“The Sharp Corporation has developed a technology for separating and recovering high quality polypropylene from consumer appliances, such as televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines … (which) can recover plastics that were previously discarded as waste”.

INDUSTRY EVENTS

E-SCRAP CONFERENCE – October 23-26, 2007

The program for the E-Scrap Conference has been announced. This annual event, which is organized by Resource Recycling, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The IAER will again be a sponsor and exhibitor as well as hold a number of events and meetings in conjunction with the conference – including the Educational Program on October 23 (see below). For details of the conference program and registration, you can go to the website at: http://www.e-scrapnews.com/

IERI EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM – REGISTER NOW

E-Scrap Conference on Tuesday, October 23 in Atlanta, GA

The International Electronics Recyclers Institute (IERI) – the educational affiliate organization of the IAER – announced the details of its next educational program, which will be held in conjunction with the upcoming E-Scrap Conference. The IERI plans to hold three of its newest and most popular short courses:

Downstream Due Diligence and Risk Management (in an expanded 8 hour course)

This course will provide participants with an in depth exposure into reviewing risk management and downstream due diligence protocols currently being established in the electronics recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) industry. The different protocols will be the basis for allowing the participants to create their own standards for downstream due diligence and risk management in a workgroup format. Participants will also learn some basic auditing methods and techniques, which will be applied and culminate in workgroups evaluating a case study E-scrap facility.

Recycling Specialty Materials (4 hour course)

This course addresses the challenges recyclers face in dealing with specialty items such as televisions, cell phones, florescent lamps, and batteries. Industry subject matter experts will offer solutions for collection, meeting environmental guidelines, transportation, security, and processing; - as well as identifying potential reuse markets and disposal costs.

Data Security Management in Electronics Recycling (4 hour course)

Many organizations are clearly taking the problems of data privacy and identify theft seriously. However, while most companies have focused on preventing perpetrators from breaking into their organizations, there has been comparatively little attention on protecting information that leaves the company on retired information technology assets. This course will address the data and physical security issues facing electronic recyclers and their clients. Topics addressed will include an overview of the data privacy issue, transportation security, data destruction methods, and facility security measures. Each segment will be include an interactive session during which attendees can ask questions, review case studies, and exchange “war stories” and best practices.

For more details, including course outlines and lists of instructors, as well as access to the E-Scrap webpage and registration, go to the webpage at:

http://www.iaer.org/communications/institute2.htm

NCER WORKSHOP

The National Center for Electronics Recycling/NCER (IAER Member) will host a workshop in conjunction with the E-Scrap Conference in Atlanta on Tuesday, October 23 from 12:30-2:30PM. The workshop, entitled “Who’s Responsible under Manufacturer Responsibility”, will examine the issues of manufacturer definitions, brands, return share and market share.

Registration is available at the E-Scrap Conference website at: http://www.e-scrapnews.com/

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING SUMMIT® - 2008

The IAER and ISRI announced that the 2008 SUMMIT event will be held in conjunction with next year’s ISRI annual convention – April 6-10, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. Watch here for details as they develop.

Highlights of 2007 Electronics Recycling SUMMIT® - including the complete program, copies of the SUMMIT presentations and a photo gallery can be found on the IAER website at:

http://www.iaer.org/summit/summit/Summit2007c.htm

IAER NEWS

IAER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM – NEW RELEASE

During the Electronics Recycling SUMMIT®, the IAER announced a new release of the IAER Certification Program. The IAER Standards & Certification Committee completed a year-long effort of revising the IAER Certification Standard and supporting documents involved in the IAER certification process. The revisions focused on expanding, strengthening and re-organizing requirements to be consistent with all the key elements of the EPA’s draft “Best Management Practices for Electronics Recycling” (BMPs) – particularly in areas such as control of materials of concern, downstream due diligence and risk management, tracking records, reuse and refurbishment.

Click here for more information on Release 2.1 – including the News Release and revised IAER Certification Standard.

Many companies are now taking advantage of IAER Certification – and the cost efficient process that was introduced last year.

If your company is not sure about pursuing IAER Certification, visit the web page on: “The Benefits of being a Certified Electronics Recycler®”.

The most recent facility to be designated “Certified Electronics Recycler®” is Lifespan Technology Recycling at its Denver, CO location.

To recognize those that have achieved IAER certification, a webpage has been established that provides access to the public to all current Certified Electronics Recyclers.

IAER ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY REPORT – 2006

The IAER partnered with Resource Recycling/E-Scrap News to publish a 2006 update to the Electronics Recycling Industry Report®. It includes new surveys of the electronics recycling industry in the U.S. as well as comprehensive new research on the trends and developments that drive the industry. This report contains current information that is essential for anyone involved or interested in the electronics recycling industry – with even more data and illustrations than the original 2003 Report. For more information and to order the Report, go to the web page at: http://www.iaer.org/communications/indreport.htm

Updates to the Industry Report were presented at this year’s SUMMIT and have been posted on the SUMMIT 2007 webpage.

Attendees at the upcoming E-Scrap Conference will be able to order copies of the Industry Report at special discounted prices.

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS

(From News Releases, Recycling Today, Reverse Logistics, GreenBiz.com and E-Scrap News)

Recyclers

· Earth Protection Services, Inc./EPSI (IAER Sustaining Member) – announced that their Tigard, OR facility received the Recycler of the Year Award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers “for innovation and commitment in the field of recycling”.

· Metech International (IAER Sustaining Member) – announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Centillion Environment & Recycling Ltd of Singapore, which has electronics recycling operations in the U.K., China and Singapore. Separately, Metech announced plans to purchase and upgrade its facility in Gilroy, CA.

· Waste Management Recycle America (IAER Member) – announced a partnership with Sony “to launch a nationwide E-waste recycling program” at recycling centers in 18 states. The program will allow “consumers to recycle all Sony-branded products for no fee” as well as other manufacturers’ products for a fee.

· Intechra (IAER Member) – announced that it has standardized its data destruction and asset management operations around the End of Life Asset Management software suite provided by Blancco (IAER Member). Separately, Intechra was featured in an episode of the History Channel’s “Boneyard” program.

· Newtech Recycling (IAER Member) – has moved to a new facility in Somerset, NJ.

· Goodwill (IAER Member) – reported that Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh “recycled more than a million pounds of old computers and other electronics in the past year at (its) Lawrenceville (facility)”. Separately, Goodwill Industries of Silicon Valley announced a partnership with Best Buy “to host a free electronic waste recycling event”.

· Plastinum Polymer Technologies (IAER Member) – announced that it will “move its headquarters to California, the site of its first E-waste recycling plant that will open in September” – (using) a polymer processing technology that provides for complete fusion of previously incompatible polymer … (resulting in) a new thermoplastic material”.

· AnythingIT (IAER Member) – announced a partnership with GammaTech Computer Corp. to provide “a low cost joint IT equipment recycling program for government agencies.

· Global Investment Recovery – announced the opening of new facilities in Shreveport, LA and Jessup, MD.

· Goldsmith Group – announced new ownership and a new name – eScrap, Inc.

· TechTurn – announced “a private label IT asset recovery service for value added resellers.

· Advanced Recovery, Inc. – announced a new electronics recycling facility in Fairmont, NC.

Other Companies and Organizations

· WR3A – posted a video on YouTube that “depicts both positive and negative aspects of the sale of used computers in developing countries”.

· Venderis – announced “a new software solution that solves end-of-life PC retirement issues for large enterprises”.

	IAER ELECTRONICS RECYCLING NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2007 INDUSTRY NEWS FEATURE STORIES ON ELECTRONICS RECYCLING · Data Destruction (Recycling Today – July 2007) Document destruction companies, computer recyclers and waste haulers “are exploring adding e-destruction services and document destruction services”. Legislation at the federal and state level drives data protection and information destruction requirements. “Electronics recyclers can employ deformation, pulverizing, degaussing, overwriting and shredding to destroy information saved to a hard drive… A variety of business models for ITAM (information technology asset management) exist that document destruction firms can use alone or in combination … Finders-Fee … Limited Hard Drive Destruction … Asset Management … Physical Computer Destruction” · Advice for Consumers (Business Week – July 30, 2007) Consumers who want to dispose of an old computer have a few options to consider. Residential waste haulers no longer pick up electronics. A number of states prohibit the disposal of electronics in landfills. Some manufacturers have take-back programs for their customers. Many municipalities have collection programs or drop-off centers. Some charities will accept equipment that is not out-dated and reusable. In any event, before disposing of a computer, “make sure that any personal or company data on your old computers cannot be retrieved and misused once they leave your hands”. · Reuse (Computing – August 9, 2007) “It is more energy efficient to reuse PCs than recycle them … 75 percent of fossil fuel consumption has already happened before the computer is ever switched on … production redesign and extending a PCs usable life span are the most effective options to reducing environmental cost”. Michael Dell was recently reported to have commented that “most of the 125 million PCs discarded each year are about as powerful as the (proposed ‘One Laptop Per Child” project) $100 laptop”. Computer Aid is a not-for-profit organization “that has already shipped more than 90,000 professionally refurbished PCs donated by UK companies for reuse in developing countries … Yet the success of the program means Computer Aid is facing a severe shortage of donated PCs to meet the increasing demand from developing countries.” · Asset Disposal Practices (Greener Computing – August 30, 2007) “A new IDC survey finds evidence that information technology asset disposal (ITAD) is in the midst of a ‘major transformation’, evolving from a relatively new sector to one with established processes and metrics … small companies are far less likely to use ITAD services compared with medium- and large-size companies.” Some of the characteristics of reputable ITAD service providers include: “compliance with strict data security standards”, “certificates of destruction”, and “downstream auditing”. LEGISLATIVE NEWS ON ELECTRONICS RECYCLING (E-Scrap News – August 6 & 31, 2007) · Maine The National Center for Electronics Recycling/NCER (IAER Member) “released data for the first year of Maine’s e-waste collection program. A total of 3,887,000 pounds of televisions and computer monitors were collected … (and) only 6.8 percent of the material collected was orphaned”. Legislation was signed by the Governor “requiring cell phone retail outlets to have a system in place by October 1, 2007 which accepts used cell phones for reuse, recycling or proper disposal purposes”. · North Carolina The legislature passed a landfill bill “to create a recovery system for scrap electronics”. INTERNATIONAL NEWS ON ELECTRONICS RECYCLING · Australia (PC Advisor – August 10, 2007 & E-Scrap News – August 15, 2007) The state of Victoria together with the Australian Information Industry Association and the major IT equipment manufacturers have organized a 12 month program offering free collection and recycling of all brands of IT equipment. “The pilot will be used to lobby the federal government to mandate compulsory nationwide e-waste recycling.” One challenge is that “historical e-waste such as discontinued or generic equipment is a bigger problem for recycling because it accounts for about 75 percent of the total e-waste dumped each year”. · China (Business Week – August 9, 2007) The United Nations group – StEP (“Solving the E-waste Problem”) has partnered with Philips Electronics and Umicore (IAER Member) in a project to use “China’s low-wage workers to man ‘disassembly’ lines to recycle e-waste”. Although China has strict regulations on e-waste imports, “there’s still a large amount of smuggling … (and) China needs an e-waste solution badly.” In addition to large volumes of e-waste being illegally dumped in China, “domestic e-waste is also rising rapidly”. The “Best of Two Worlds” project “hopes to create an e-waste recycling model for China that will use better economics to render backyard recycling obsolete”. · U.K. (Electronics Weekly – July 30, 2007) The implementation of the WEEE Directive on July 1 offers both challenges and opportunities for the U.K. Up until now, “the UK has an incredibly poor set of overall statistics when it comes to waste management and recycling” … with only about 18% of household waste recycled and “around 70% ends up in landfill”. Inefficient recycling causes the loss of large quantities of metals, plastics and glass that could be recovered by recycling. Some companies are considered both “distributors” and “producers” under WEEE, which means that they “must take financial responsibility for the sound environmental collection, treatment, recovery, recycling and disposal of an equivalent amount of WEEE to that which they produce”. · India (Oneworld.net – August 8, 2007) The Indian state government of Karnataka “proposed to introduce a legislation to regulate the generation of … e-waste … by the … city of Bangalore … (where) hundreds of IT companies … had chosen as their base (and) were generating over 7000 tons of e-waste annually”. OTHER RELATED NEWS · Arizona State University (ASU Web Devil – July 30, 2007) An ASU research project is focused on “finding effective ways to both physically recycle and promote the reuse of electronic products in developing countries … the group’s main goal is to study the reverse-supply chain of electronics by finding ways to get outdated electronics to those who could really use them … (while) recycling and extracting the (recoverable material) resources at home”. · EPEAT (E-Scrap News – August 6, 2007) “The first round of EPEAT guideline verifications revealed that the primary reason for non-conformance was lack of oversight over e-scrap processors.” Findings included “no evidence of an audit program in place … (or) only performing audits of North American processors”. · SHARP (E-Scrap News – August 31, 2007) “The Sharp Corporation has developed a technology for separating and recovering high quality polypropylene from consumer appliances, such as televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines … (which) can recover plastics that were previously discarded as waste”. INDUSTRY EVENTS E-SCRAP CONFERENCE – October 23-26, 2007 The program for the E-Scrap Conference has been announced. This annual event, which is organized by Resource Recycling, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The IAER will again be a sponsor and exhibitor as well as hold a number of events and meetings in conjunction with the conference – including the Educational Program on October 23 (see below). For details of the conference program and registration, you can go to the website at: http://www.e-scrapnews.com/ IERI EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM – REGISTER NOW *E-Scrap Conference on Tuesday, October 23 in* *Atlanta, GA The International Electronics Recyclers Institute (IERI) – the educational affiliate organization of the IAER – announced the details of its next educational program, which will be held in conjunction with the upcoming E-Scrap Conference. The IERI plans to hold three of its newest and most popular short courses: Downstream Due Diligence and Risk Management* (in an expanded 8 hour course) This course will provide participants with an in depth exposure into reviewing risk management and downstream due diligence protocols currently being established in the electronics recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) industry. The different protocols will be the basis for allowing the participants to create their own standards for downstream due diligence and risk management in a workgroup format. Participants will also learn some basic auditing methods and techniques, which will be applied and culminate in workgroups evaluating a case study E-scrap facility. Recycling Specialty Materials (4 hour course) This course addresses the challenges recyclers face in dealing with specialty items such as televisions, cell phones, florescent lamps, and batteries. Industry subject matter experts will offer solutions for collection, meeting environmental guidelines, transportation, security, and processing; - as well as identifying potential reuse markets and disposal costs. Data Security Management in Electronics Recycling (4 hour course) Many organizations are clearly taking the problems of data privacy and identify theft seriously. However, while most companies have focused on preventing perpetrators from breaking into their organizations, there has been comparatively little attention on protecting information that leaves the company on retired information technology assets. This course will address the data and physical security issues facing electronic recyclers and their clients. Topics addressed will include an overview of the data privacy issue, transportation security, data destruction methods, and facility security measures. Each segment will be include an interactive session during which attendees can ask questions, review case studies, and exchange “war stories” and best practices. For more details, including course outlines and lists of instructors, as well as access to the E-Scrap webpage and registration, go to the webpage at: http://www.iaer.org/communications/institute2.htm NCER WORKSHOP The National Center for Electronics Recycling/NCER (IAER Member) will host a workshop in conjunction with the E-Scrap Conference in Atlanta on Tuesday, October 23 from 12:30-2:30PM. The workshop, entitled “Who’s Responsible under Manufacturer Responsibility”, will examine the issues of manufacturer definitions, brands, return share and market share. Registration is available at the E-Scrap Conference website at: http://www.e-scrapnews.com/ ELECTRONICS RECYCLING SUMMIT® - 2008 The IAER and ISRI announced that the 2008 SUMMIT event will be held in conjunction with next year’s ISRI annual convention – April 6-10, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. Watch here for details as they develop. Highlights of 2007 Electronics Recycling SUMMIT® - including the complete program, copies of the SUMMIT presentations and a photo gallery can be found on the IAER website at: http://www.iaer.org/summit/summit/Summit2007c.htm IAER NEWS IAER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM – NEW RELEASE During the Electronics Recycling SUMMIT®, the IAER announced a new release of the IAER Certification Program. The IAER Standards & Certification Committee completed a year-long effort of revising the IAER Certification Standard and supporting documents involved in the IAER certification process. The revisions focused on expanding, strengthening and re-organizing requirements to be consistent with all the key elements of the EPA’s draft “Best Management Practices for Electronics Recycling” (BMPs) – particularly in areas such as control of materials of concern, downstream due diligence and risk management, tracking records, reuse and refurbishment. Click here for more information on Release 2.1 – including the News Release and revised IAER Certification Standard. Many companies are now taking advantage of IAER Certification – and the cost efficient process that was introduced last year. *If your company is not sure about pursuing IAER Certification, visit the web page on: “The Benefits of being a Certified Electronics Recycler®”. The most recent facility to be designated “Certified Electronics Recycler®” is Lifespan Technology Recycling at its Denver, CO location.* To recognize those that have achieved IAER certification, a webpage has been established that provides access to the public to all current Certified Electronics Recyclers. IAER ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY REPORT – 2006 The IAER partnered with Resource Recycling/E-Scrap News to publish a 2006 update to the Electronics Recycling Industry Report®. It includes new surveys of the electronics recycling industry in the U.S. as well as comprehensive new research on the trends and developments that drive the industry. This report contains current information that is essential for anyone involved or interested in the electronics recycling industry – with even more data and illustrations than the original 2003 Report. For more information and to order the Report, go to the web page at: http://www.iaer.org/communications/indreport.htm Updates to the Industry Report were presented at this year’s SUMMIT and have been posted on the SUMMIT 2007 webpage. *Attendees at the upcoming E-Scrap Conference will be able to order copies of the Industry Report at special discounted prices.* COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS (From News Releases, Recycling Today, Reverse Logistics, GreenBiz.com and E-Scrap News) Recyclers · Earth Protection Services, Inc./EPSI (IAER Sustaining Member) – announced that their Tigard, OR facility received the Recycler of the Year Award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers “for innovation and commitment in the field of recycling”. · Metech International (IAER Sustaining Member) – announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Centillion Environment & Recycling Ltd of Singapore, which has electronics recycling operations in the U.K., China and Singapore. Separately, Metech announced plans to purchase and upgrade its facility in Gilroy, CA. · Waste Management Recycle America (IAER Member) – announced a partnership with Sony “to launch a nationwide E-waste recycling program” at recycling centers in 18 states. The program will allow “consumers to recycle all Sony-branded products for no fee” as well as other manufacturers’ products for a fee. · Intechra (IAER Member) – announced that it has standardized its data destruction and asset management operations around the End of Life Asset Management software suite provided by Blancco (IAER Member). Separately, Intechra was featured in an episode of the History Channel’s “Boneyard” program. · Newtech Recycling (IAER Member) – has moved to a new facility in Somerset, NJ. · Goodwill (IAER Member) – reported that Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh “recycled more than a million pounds of old computers and other electronics in the past year at (its) Lawrenceville (facility)”. Separately, Goodwill Industries of Silicon Valley announced a partnership with Best Buy “to host a free electronic waste recycling event”. · Plastinum Polymer Technologies (IAER Member) – announced that it will “move its headquarters to California, the site of its first E-waste recycling plant that will open in September” – (using) a polymer processing technology that provides for complete fusion of previously incompatible polymer … (resulting in) a new thermoplastic material”. · AnythingIT (IAER Member) – announced a partnership with GammaTech Computer Corp. to provide “a low cost joint IT equipment recycling program for government agencies. · Global Investment Recovery – announced the opening of new facilities in Shreveport, LA and Jessup, MD. · Goldsmith Group – announced new ownership and a new name – eScrap, Inc. · TechTurn – announced “a private label IT asset recovery service for value added resellers. · Advanced Recovery, Inc. – announced a new electronics recycling facility in Fairmont, NC. Other Companies and Organizations · WR3A – posted a video on YouTube that “depicts both positive and negative aspects of the sale of used computers in developing countries”. · Venderis – announced “a new software solution that solves end-of-life PC retirement issues for large enterprises”. Return to the main page