When electronic equipment becomes old and obsolete, it must be disposed of or recycled in the right manner. Electronic equipment like laptops, mobiles, computers, monitors, televisions, audio equipment, printers, laptops, fax machines, telephones must never be placed in the trash even though they are broken because they contain heavy metals like lead, mercury, and cadmium […]
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Keep your business and your employees’ safe by working with competent data destruction services. E-waste management takes an expert approach. Short of physically destroying a device, there are few ways to completely eradicate information stored on hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SDDs) and other hardware used for your business. In fact, data can often […]
Earth Day : Surplus Service Protects the Environment, Gives Second Chance to High Risk Employment Sector
As the world celebrated the 48th annual Earth Day, our company was able to let the Bay Area know about our efforts to help the environment by doing more than just recycling. We got a chance to tell a side of our story that many don’t often see—the fact that we are as much committed to […]
The recent introduction of a controversial new bill in California could point to a bright new start for consumers of electronics, especially businesses and medical facilities. A right to repair act could change the way electronic manufacturers share information about their products with both consumers and repair shops, with far reaching advantages down the line. […]
China just shook up the world with a new policy that could have a huge impact on the recycling industry. Starting in 2018, China implemented a ban on 24 types of solid waste, including mixed paper and plastics. For years, China has been the world’s dumping ground for recycled materials, so this ban has sent […]
Surplus Service just went off the grid, completing a solar panel project that will reduce the company’s carbon footprint to virtually zero and power nearly its entire facility off the energy from the sun. With the help of a GreenStreet loan from Umpqua Bank, the company installed a white reflective energy-efficient roof, two extra inches […]
How to Make Sure Your Office’s E-waste Recycling Efforts are Meeting D.O.D. Hard Drive Destruction Standards
With technology becoming more involved in our daily lives and jobs, data security has become a top concern for many companies these days. Any number of electronics that a business manufactures or uses is bound to contain either customer or employee data or trade secrets. As we’ve said before, whether you’re in the IT, environmental, […]