Thursday, March 26, 2009

ISRI endorses Electronic Device Recycling Research Act

March 26 -- The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries has endorsed House Resolution 1580, also known as the Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act.

The House Committee on Science and Technology has agreed to send the bill forward for consideration by the full House.

The bill would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for electronic device recycling research, development, and demonstration projects, and for other purposes.

In a letter to Committee Chairman Bart Gordon , D-Tenn., ISRI expressed its support for the measure as amended by the committee.

ISRI is the national trade association that represents 1,500 companies which process, broker, and consume scrap commodities, including electronics, paper, metals, plastics, glass, rubber, and textiles.

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Source: Waste & Recycling News, March 26th, 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009

China Enacts E-Scrap Law

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao signed into law the "Recycling Waste Electrical and Electronic Products Ordinance," being compared by some to the European Union's WEEE Directive.

The new law, based on draft legislation released last summer, appears to cover (here is a Google translation for a FAQ for the law) most electronic and electrical equipment from TVs to air conditioners, though it does not offer a full list of covered devices.

The ordinance also surprisingly acknowledges the country's infamous workshops, noting the environmental damage done by the open burning and acid baths used in metals recovery at the workshops. Further, it reportedly bans any such demanufacturing methods.

A special fund — the National Electronics Discarded Electrical Products Treatment Fund — is set up to pay for the regulation of the end-of-life electronic and electrical goods, to be financed by fees levied on manufacturers and importers of electronic goods. Sellers of consumer electronics appear to be on the hook to provide drop-off locations.

The ordinance will come into effect January 1, 2011.

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Source: E-Scrap News, March 12, 2009

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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Raident Technology Introduces New Mobile Electronics Shredding System


Fremont, CA, February 28, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Many companies today are very concerned with information security. They are facing issues of unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or disruption of private information. The only way to protect information is to securely destroy the data.

Account Manager Aisha Wahab stated that “Raident Technology has invested into technology to protect each client’s proprietary information. Per clients’ request it can implement 100% secure destruction of material that contains important data.” Wahab continued to explain that this is a beneficial service that Raident can provide to each client.

With an economic down-turn due to higher unemployment there is more criminal enterprise. Raident doesn’t want its clients to lose consumer confidence and/or sales, damage their reputation and have civil lawsuits and fines. Hard drives, tape drives, cassettes, CDs and other sources of information are the number one sources of information that should be destroyed to prevent unauthorized use of private information. Victor Diaz stated that “with a larger mobile shredder in addition to those that we already have, we are able to destroy whole computers and other material in the most secure way possible.”

Protecting Raident’s customers from leaks of secure information, Raident Technology has bought a mid-size mobile shredder. The shredder is big enough to destroy all electronic components (i.e. hard drives, boards, CPUs, etc.), tape drives, modems, cassettes, CDs, documents and more. For even more security Raident is able to do it on the clients’ sites so they could see items being shredded for themselves.

About Raident Technology, Inc.:
From its corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley, Raident Technology was founded to deliver value-added asset management, asset recovery, and electronic e-Waste recycling solutions. Raident is on a fast-track growth strategy to expand its processing capacity, by both organic means and acquisitions, and to establish a leading position in the global market. It is a member of key industry groups and is committed to protecting the environment while providing high-quality, customer-specific services. In a fragmented market crowded with small, unsophisticated operations, Raident remains a trusted and respected resource.

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Contact Information
Raident Technology, Inc.
Natalia Kleschevnikova
(510) 656-3622 x 109
natalia@raident.com
www.raident.com
www.raident.blogspot.com

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Raident Technology, Inc. Will Go Through an ISO Audit in April of 2009


Raident Technology, Inc. has recently announced a scheduled ISO 9001 and 14001 certification audit for April of 2009.

Fremont, CA, February 27, 2009 --(PR.com)-- ISO stands for the International Organization for Standardization. ISO 9001 is the Quality Management System (QMS) Standard and ISO 14001 is the Environmental Management System (EMS) Standard. By being compliant with these ISO standards, Raident Technology will differentiate itself from the rest of the asset recovery companies. Raident’s compliance will assure clients of an effective QMS and EMS that will exceed their requirements in the areas of environment and quality.

Natalia Kleschevnikova, Raident’s ISO Manager, stated “that Raident always has and will continue to improve its standards of compliance in order to be the best full service vendor for its clients.”

Enforced QMS standards will greatly improve Raident’s operations, performance and even profitability, while stricter EMS standards will identify and control the environmental impact of Raident’s activities and will continually improve its environmental performance. By following these two standards Raident Technology will be setting quality and environmental objectives and targets that will promote continuous improvement.

President and CEO of Raident Technology, Albert Lozano, acknowledged “the hard work everyone at Raident has put in to make the ISO certification possible really shows the level of commitment that everyone at Raident has” and continues to say that Raident is hopeful that the ISO audit goes well.

About Raident Technology, Inc.:
From its corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley, Raident Technology was founded to deliver value-added asset management, asset recovery, and electronic e-Waste recycling solutions. Raident is on a fast-track growth strategy to expand its processing capacity, by both organic means and acquisitions, and to establish a leading position in the global market. It is a member of key industry groups and is committed to protecting the environment while providing high-quality, customer-specific services. In a fragmented market crowded with small, unsophisticated operations, Raident remains a trusted and respected resource.

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Contact Information:
Raident Technology, Inc.
Natalia Kleschevnikova
(510) 656-3622 x 109
natalia@raident.com
www.raident.com
www.raident.blogspot.com