Triangle Ecycling Opens New SoCal Office in Silicon Valley to Provide Corporate ITAD Services.

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Release Date: January 10, 2025                    

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Triangle Ecycling                     Triangle Ecycling of SoCal

Larry Herst, Founder/CEO       Christian Lopez, Director

919.414.3041 ext. 1               (714) 453-8115

larry@triangleecycling.com    lopez@triangleecycling.com

 

Triangle Ecycling Opens New SoCal Office in Silicon Valley to Provide Corporate ITAD Services.

 

Triangle Ecycling today announced the establishment of its new ITAD service based in Tustin, California. Headed by its long-time Director of Ecycling, Christian Lopez, the office can do pickups for businesses and organizations anywhere on the West Coast. The company has been picking up computers and other electronics for tech, bio-tech, pharma and other industries for the past 14 years in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle area, which includes Research Triangle Park.

“In 2021 we began picking laptops and desktop computers anywhere in the US with the support of our logistics partner.” said Larry Herst, Founder/CEO. “Many of our tech company clients in RTP also have offices in Silicon Valley so it made sense for us to establish an office covering Southern California. Chris Lopez has been overseeing our ITAD pickup and recycling service in Durham. He is a bilingual Spanish speaker who was born in SoCal so it made sense for him to head up the office.”

“Personalized secure pickup and NIST 800-80 Data Destruction are Guaranteed and a Certificate of Destruction are provided, as is a Carbon Reduction Receipt for ESG Reporting, says Lopez. We’ve found our clients in California are particularly focused on green practices and ESG considerations. We are well equiped to support their efforts.”

Triangle Ecycling of SoCal has unveiled a new website at https://triangleecyclingofsocal.com which includes local contact info and a form clients can fill out online to request a pickup.

Triangle Ecycling is an NC, LLC with a self-sustaining sister nonprofit organization. For 14 years it has been picking up and refurbishing computers and recycling all electronics. TE donates hundreds of laptops to nonprofits and families in need. It also runs a free computer tech educational internship program that has graduated over 160 public high school students. In 2024 the company kept 145 tons of ewaste out of landfills.

 

Rising Demand for ITAD Services in the Years to Come

Equity firm acquires majority stake in Sprout

Published: January 9, 2025
Updated: January 9, 2025
by Colin Staub

IT asset disposition company Sprout has received a majority investment from a New York City-based private equity firm, which predicts rising demand for ITAD services in the years to come.

Sprout and the equity firm, Recognize, today announced the deal, which closed in late December. They noted that current Sprout investor New Capital Partners, which has owned a stake in the company since 2019, will continue on as a minority investor. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

“Ultimately, this partnership with Recognized is going to enable Sprout to scale our impact on sustainability and secure data management,” Tom Allison, president of Sprout, said in an interview. “This partnership is helping us respond to the growing global demand for what I call sophisticated ITAD solutions.”

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Windows 10 Support From Microsoft Ends This Year

How to prepare for Windows 10 end of support by moving to Windows 11 today

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As we approach the end of support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 20251, we want to ensure you are well-prepared for the transition to Windows 11. This milestone marks an important step in our mission to provide the most modern and secure computing experience possible for everyone whether at work, school, or home, and our commitment to continually improving Windows security as part of Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI). We are incredibly grateful for your loyalty and passion for Windows 10, and we are working hard to make it easy to move to Windows 11.

This blog post is intended to help you prepare for Windows 10 end of support by outlining considerations for moving to Windows 11 today. Including:

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A $60 Billion-a-Year Climate Solution Is Sitting in Our Junk Drawers

In rich nations, just a fraction of trashed electronics is mined for critical metals. We’re going to have to up our game.

By Vince Beiser; Photography by Oyewole Lawal - Mother Jones

Thousands of Nigerians make a meager living recycling e-waste, a broad category that can consist of just about any discarded item with a plug or a battery. This includes the computers, phones, game controllers, and other digital devices that we use and ditch in ever-growing volumes. The world generates more than 68 million tons of e-waste every year, according to the UN, enough to fill a convoy of trucks stretching right around the equator. By 2030, the total is projected to reach 75 million tons. READ MORE….

Windows 11 Installation Assistant

Time to upgrade to Windows 11. If your computer can’t handle it, please come in to Triangle Ecycling.

There are 3 options below for installing or creating Windows 11 media. Check out each one to determine the best option for you.

Before installing, please refer to the PC Health Check app to confirm your device meets the minimum system requirements for
Windows 11 and check the Windows release information status for known issues that may affect your device.

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World U.K. Royal Mint starts extracting gold from e-waste: "What we're doing here is urban mining"

Haley Ott

Updated on: August 7, 2024 / 12:58 PM EDT / CBS News

London - The U.K.'s Royal Mint, the country's official coinmaker, has opened a factory that will extract gold from e-waste to reduce its reliance on traditional mining and encourage more sustainable practices.

"The factory underpins our commitment to using sustainable precious metals and providing a new source of high quality, recovered gold," Sean Millard, Chief Growth Officer at The Royal Mint, said in a statement. "It allows us to reduce our reliance on mined materials and is another example of how we're working to decarbonise our operations." MORE…

Pretty funny - It takes the gold of more than 100 sticks of ram to make a coin the size of a penny.

Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste

Michaela Barnett, University of Virginia; Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia; Patrick I. Hancock, University of Virginia, and Shahzeen Attari, Indiana University

Sun, July 28, 2024 at 10:06 AM EDT

In our research on waste behavior, sustainability, engineering design and decision making, we examine what U.S. residents understand about the efficacy of different waste management strategies and which of those strategies they prefer. In two nationwide surveys in the U.S. that we conducted in October 2019 and March 2022, we found that people overlook waste reduction and reuse in favor of recycling. We call this tendency recycling bias and reduction neglect. Read More…

How electronics legislation fared this legislative season

Published: July 3, 2024
Updated: July 3, 2024
by Marissa Heffernan E-Scrap News

Legislative sessions are winding down for the summer. Some bills covering electronics and batteries made it across the finish line this year, while others stalled out. Here’s a roundup of what happened. 

Extended producer responsibility for batteries passed for the first time in Illinois, while updates to existing laws passed in Vermont and Wisconsin. Vermont’s legislation expanded the type of batteries the program covers to include rechargeable batteries and battery-containing products. The bill in Wisconsin changed how manufacture targets are set, expanded to cover more peripherals and increased registration fees. 

Bills updating or introducing EPR for batteries failed in Connecticut, Minnesota and Washington. A bill creating grants for battery recycling education also failed in Wisconsin. 

Three more bills that would have changed electronics EPR programs failed in Hawai’i, Maryland and Minnesota.  

There were more than 20 right-to-repair electronics bills introduced this year. So far, 11 have failed, eight are still active and three passed. READ MORE…

Scientists make technological breakthrough that could prevent tons of hazardous e-waste: 'We have created a new formulation'

Story by Leslie Sattler

Imagine a world where your old phone or laptop doesn't end up clogging a landfill but instead gets a new lease on life.

That's the promise of an exciting breakthrough from researchers at the University of Washington, according to Anthropocene Magazine.

The heart of an electronic device is the circuit board. These boards are made of tough plastics that make them difficult to recycle. As a result, hundreds of thousands of tons of circuit boards get dumped in landfills each year as gadgets become obsolete. Burning this e-waste to recover valuable metals creates toxic pollution that harms our air, soil, and water.

The UW researchers solved this problem by replacing the typical epoxy plastic in circuit boards with a special material called a vitrimer. When heated, vitrimers can flow and form new bonds, allowing them to be recycled repeatedly without losing integrity. READ MORE…

Triangle Ecycling Supports Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School with Laptop Donation

Triangle Ecycling is thrilled to be donating 20 laptops to support the mission of Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School. This is our second year supporting this summer reading program for Durham Public Schools elementary school children. It is well established that children “forget” a lot of what they learn in school during summer vacation. This program not only keeps them even, it get’s them ahead of where they were!

We couldn’t do this without the support of our local corporate clients whose laptops we “repurpose for good.” Learn more about the CDL Freedom School here.

Sunnking processed 23.3M pounds of e-scrap in 2023

Updated: June 13, 2024
by Marissa Heffernan

ESG Reporting Takes OFF!

After a rebrand earlier this year to focus on environmental, social and governance reporting, Sunnking Sustainable Solutions in New York released its first ESG report, laying the groundwork for short- and long-term goals and reporting on its 2023 numbers. 

The 40-page report aims to “openly communicate our sustainability journey, outlining our objectives, achievements and plans that will foster ongoing enhancements in our environmental efforts,” it stated. 

The company rebranded in the spring specifically to reflect the wider suite of services it offers beyond asset recovery and to emphasize four areas of services: ITAD, asset recovery, data destruction and environmental, social and governance reporting. It also announced that it planned to release its first ESG report. 

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Computer Recycling: Your Go-To for Electronics Spring Cleaning

Computer Recycling: Your Go-To for Electronics Spring Cleaning, Leading the Charge in Responsible E-Waste Management

Thursday, 09 May 2024 10:45 AM ACCESSWIRE

Discover how Computer Recycling in Chevy Chase, MD leads the way in environmentally sustainable solutions for managing electronic waste (e-waste). Learn about their commitment to ethical disposal practices, cutting-edge recycling facilities, data security protocols, and two decades of industry expertise.

CHEVY CHASE, MD / ACCESSWIRE / May 9, 2024 / As spring brings about the annual ritual of cleaning and decluttering, Computer Recycling in Chevy Chase, MD emerges as the foremost solution for responsibly managing electronic waste (e-waste). With a commitment to environmental sustainability and early adoption of innovations in recycling practices, the firm sets the standard for conscientious disposal of obsolete desktops, laptops & electronics.

In an era where technology is evolving at an unprecedented pace, the disposal of electronic devices presents a significant environmental challenge. Rapid advancements in the tech sector shorten the lifespan of devices, and with a higher rate of equipment disposal, the amount of electronics being discarded improperly also rises. Furthermore, e-waste contains hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, and cadmium which can pose serious risks to both public health and the environment if not handled properly. Recognizing this pressing issue, Computer Recycling has dedicated itself to providing ethical, efficient, and eco-friendly solutions for electronic waste management. READ MORE

Recycling critical metals from electronics could ease mining impacts

In short:

  • The latest Global E-Waste Monitor highlights the vast quantities of metals like copper and aluminum in discarded electronics, with only a fraction currently recycled.

  • Essential for low-carbon technologies, these metals could significantly offset the demand currently met through environmentally damaging mining.

  • Improved recycling technologies and policies are crucial for increasing the recovery of rare and valuable metals from e-waste.

Key quote:

“There is very little reporting on the recovery of metals [from e-waste] globally. We felt that it was our duty to get more facts on the table.”

— Kees Baldé, lead report author

Why this matters:

Metals like copper and aluminum, when improperly disposed of, can leach into soil and water, potentially harming wildlife and impacting human health through the food and water supply. Recycling e-waste can mitigate these risks. By recovering metals like copper and aluminum from old electronics, we not only reduce the environmental harm but also decrease the need to extract raw materials, which often involves ecologically and socially harmful mining practices.

In 2021, electronic waste from outweighed the Great Wall of China.

https://www.ehn.org/recycling-critical-metals-from-electronics-could-ease-mining-impacts-2667811868.html

Sustainable solutions to overconsumption challenges in modern marketing

by Dani Rae Wascher, University of New Mexico

Professor of Marketing at the Anderson School of Management, Catherine Roster, provides insight into the marketing world of overconsumption and a shift in mindset to sustainability long-term.

Roster, along with her colleague Joseph Ferrari, a psychologist at DePaul University, co-authored a research article published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology where they discovered that clutter has a strong negative relationship with people's feelings of well-being and their psychological sense of home, which reflects a person's feelings about home being a safe refuge. Read More…

DON'T THROW YOUR OLD LAPTOP IN THE DUMPSTER—DO THIS INSTEAD


Written by Joanna Nelius, senior editor and E Ink enthusiast with 5+ years experience testing PC hardware and laptops.

Updated December 11, 2023 USA Today

Help cut down on electronic waste by recycling or donating your old laptop.

All electronic devices eventually go to the great motherboard in the sky. But instead of unceremoniously sending what was once the best laptop you ever purchased to the city dump, opt to recycle or donate it. Recycling or donating your old machine is a fantastic way to help cut down e-waste by extracting precious metals and plastic for use in other applications. Or if there’s still life left in your laptop, donate to someone who can’t afford a brand-new one. READ MORE

State budget provision stymies local plastic reduction efforts in North Carolina

by Will Atwater September 26, 2023 NC Health News

Environmental advocates across the state were shocked last week by the insertion of a provision in House Bill 259, now part of the 2023-24 state budget, that blocks local municipalities from establishing ordinances to reduce single-use plastic use. - You can’t make this stuff up!

“Plastic waste is a scourge on our society on many levels,” said Wil Weldon, board chair of Don’t Waste Durham, a nonprofit organization working to eliminate waste by establishing a so-called circular economy, a system designed to “keep materials, products and services in circulation for as long as possible” to slow climate change, according to the EPA. If fewer single-use materials, such as plastics, are produced, it lowers CO2 emissions from fossil fuels used to make plastics, and it reduces emissions from plastic waste decomposition. READ MORE…

E-Waste Revolution: Unraveling Growth Trends and Key Players in Vietnam's Electronic Waste Market 2024-2032

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Published January 8, 2024

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Vietnam Electronic Waste Market Outlook

According to a new report by Expert Market Research titled “Vietnam Electronic Waste Market Size, Share, Growth, Analysis, Report, Demand, Forecast 2024-2032″, the Vietnam electronic waste market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.20% between 2024 and 2032. Aided by the country’s rapid technological advancements, increased gadget consumption, and the subsequent surge in e-waste generation, the market is expected to grow significantly by 2032. READ MORE…

Amazingly, Triangle Ecycling is selling hundreds of laptops to buyers in Viet Nam via eBay and US freight forwarders in Portland, OR.

PIRG petitions Microsoft to extend Windows 10 support

by Marissa Heffernan escrap news

As Microsoft prepares to end support for a huge number of Windows 10 devices, the Public Interest Research Group has started a petition to extend the support period for the operating system.

Microsoft plans to stop providing security updates for Windows 10 in 2025. According to the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), an NGO focused on consumer protection, public health and transportation, up to 400 million of the 1 billion Windows 10 devices still in use will be affected. 

PIRG recently delivered 20,000 petition signatures to the company calling for Microsoft to extend support to prevent the devices from entering the waste stream.  MORE…