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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...
Did You Know That We Help You With Your Fundraising Events?
While many schools already know that we do not charge for their collection of e-waste, relatively few know that Data Recycling New England also helps schools and their clubs, plus other non-profit organizations with their fundraising efforts. It was at the recently...

What Is Degaussing, and When Does It Actually Work?
Degaussing is one of the oldest methods of destroying data on a storage device, and one of the most misunderstood. It still works exactly as well as it always did on the media it was designed for. It does nothing at all on the media most organizations are retiring...
How China’s Waste Import Ban Affects US Electronic Waste Recycling
Until January of this year, China received most of the world’s recyclables. In fact, in 2016 alone China accepted 7.3 million metric tons of recycled plastics. However, in July 2017 China announced to the World Trade Organization that they would no longer be accepting...
Electronic Waste is Piling Up – We Have an Answer
For many people across the country, recycling has become a way of life. In some communities not recycling even comes with fines from the municipality – but even the most gung-ho recyclers may not realize that they’re dropping the ball when it comes to recycling their...
3 Things to Do If You Get a New Electronic Device This Holiday Season
As the holiday season approaches many people across the country and around the globe may be hoping to receive a shiny new smartphone, tablet, or laptop. And while getting a new device is always exciting, there are some security measures that should be taken when you...
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...

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...

Unenroll Devices Before Recycling – Here’s Why
At Data Recycling New England, we make it our business to help schools and other organizations recycle and dispose of their used electronic equipment. To do that efficiently and effectively, we need to make sure that we can gain authorized access to each device to...

How Does Data Destruction Apply To HIPAA?
For some organizations, such as hospitals or doctors’ offices, data privacy is not just a matter of good practice – it’s a matter of federal law. When HIPAA went into effect in 1996, it completely overhauled the privacy system that had previously been in place when...
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