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Onsite vs. Offsite Shredding: Which Is Right for Your Business?

When it's time to retire old computers, hard drives, servers, and other electronic equipment, one important question deserves attention: What is the safest way to destroy the data they contain? For businesses handling confidential customer information, employee...

The Legal Risks of Improper Electronics Disposal: What Every Business Needs to Know

When a business replaces computers, upgrades its technology, or clears out an office, what happens to the old equipment? For many organizations, disposing of outdated electronics may seem like a routine facilities task. But if those devices contain sensitive...

How Healthcare Providers in New Hampshire Should Handle Old Medical Equipment and Data Destruction

Healthcare technology has a lifecycle. Computers are replaced, diagnostic equipment is upgraded, patient-monitoring systems become obsolete, and medical offices accumulate outdated electronics in storage rooms, IT closets and maintenance areas. But when equipment...

Checklist: Preparing for a Secure E-waste Recycling Equipment Pickup

When your organization has accumulated outdated computers, monitors, printers, servers, hard drives, tablets, networking equipment or other electronics, arranging a pickup is often the easiest way to get everything out the door. But before the truck arrives, a little...

How Schools and Universities Should Handle Old Technology

From Chromebooks and laptops to servers, hard drives, tablets and outdated storage media, schools and universities have more technology to manage than ever. But what happens when that technology reaches the end of its useful life? For educational institutions, getting...

How Often Should Your Business Schedule Electronic Data Destruction?

When most people hear the words data destruction, they probably think about an old computer, laptop or hard drive. But businesses have been storing information electronically for decades - and that means sensitive data may be sitting on far more than today's...

Industry Spotlight: Healthcare

Why Secure Electronic Data Destruction Matters for Hospitals, Medical Facilities, and Healthcare Practices Healthcare organizations have a responsibility that goes far beyond providing quality patient care. They also have a responsibility to protect some of the most...

Industry Spotlight: Finance

Why Secure Data Destruction Is Essential for Banks, Credit Unions, Financial Advisors, Accounting Firms, and Insurance Agencies Financial institutions are built on one thing above all else: trust. Whether it's a community bank, credit union, accounting firm,...

Industry Spotlight: Education: Why Secure Data Destruction Matters for School Administrators, Colleges, and Universities

Why Secure Electronic Data Destruction Matters for Schools, Colleges, and Universities From K-12 school districts to colleges and universities, educational institutions rely on technology more than ever before. Student-issued Chromebooks, classroom laptops,...

Why E-Waste Is the Fastest Growing Waste Stream in the U.S.

Every year, Americans purchase millions of new smartphones, laptops, tablets, televisions, printers, and other electronic devices. While technology continues to improve our lives and businesses, it also creates a growing environmental challenge: electronic waste, or...

Do Your Devices #SparkJoy?

Do Your Devices #SparkJoy?

Okay, we know it might be a little bit early to start talking about spring cleaning, but for many people “spring cleaning” is a year round thing. And, with the recent release of the Marie Kondo series on Netflix about her much talked-about KonMari Method, many folks...

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Cleaning Up Digital Clutter

Cleaning Up Digital Clutter

The New Year usually inspires new behaviors and cleaning up your digital clutter can be a very good way to kick off the new year on a fresh slate. Just as a cluttered desk undermines productivity, so does a cluttered computer desktop – or any other digital device....

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How To Get More Life Out Of Your Device Battery

How To Get More Life Out Of Your Device Battery

At Data Recycling we’re all about what to do with your devices when they no longer work (a battery that’s constantly dying, for instance) or you’ve upgraded to the latest and greatest and need to move on. However, there are some instances when a device isn’t quite...

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See Hard Drive Shredding In Action

Have you ever wondered what the hard drive shredding process looks like, or how long it takes, or what the end result is (besides completely destroyed data that comes with a Certificate of Data Destruction)? Well, now you can see the process in action. Check out this...

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New devices iPhone datât recycling

What To Do When You Buy A New Device

On September 12 – just as they do every year – Apple unveiled their newest product lineup, including the new iPhone 8, iPhone 8+, and iPhone X. With these announcements there are surely thousands upon thousands of Apple fans waiting patiently (or not so patiently) to...

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