Please join TechTurn, a leader in technology resale, refurbishing, and recycling, in participating at the IDC Asset Disposal (ITAD) Executive Seminar on June 23rd. TechTurn is the world’s first R2|RIOS Responsible Recycler and is IDC G.R.A.D.E. certified. This seminar has been created to address the following key topics of interest to IT managers, procurement officers, CSR and environmental officers, compliance officers, and recycling industry executives:
•            Assessing the enterprise electronic equipment recycling sector in the US: Sizing, practices, ecosystem supplier analysis and outlook
•            Sharing ‘Best Practice’ of corporate recycling programs using IDC’s G.R.A.D.E checklist
•            Inside the Emerging Electronic Recycling certification: R2 and eStewards standards, implementation, implications on enterprise IT hardware from procurement to decommissioning.
•            Hardware recycling and data security:  Best practice to insure data security compliance

*For more information or to register for the seminar, which will be held June 23, 2011 in Framingham, Mass., please go to http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P23051

The seminar is part of IDC’s electronics recycling and Green IT research programs, which are designed to help decision makers understand the role of technology in addressing the challenges and opportunities amidst today’s energy, environment, and sustainability requirements. Since being launched in 2008, the initiative has produced important research on data center power management and automation, the promotion of green procurement in Asia/Pacific, and document management policies in the enterprise. IDC’s Green Recycling and Asset Disposal for the Enterprise (G.R.A.D.E.) program, designed to assist enterprises in identifying the best available options for the retirement of their IT assets, in an important part IDC’s overall initiative toward environmental responsibility and sustainability.

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken what it calls its first step to help electronics recyclers adhere to published export standards when processing and shipping obsolete electronics.

Through the EPA’s new program — called Responsible Recycling Practices Certifications – electronics recyclers would not ship material overseas without the consent of the designated country. Continue Reading →