Earth Week shouldn't be a once a year thought: beyond the public relations moment are ROI, environmental responsibility, and counterfeit risk mitigation that present real opportunities for the electronics supply chain. The e-Stewards Program is just one example of existing pathways for safe asset disposition and responsible ROI opportunities. Electronics waste (e-waste) recycling and refurbishing…
Hong Kong – LTG, which optimizes Reverse Supply Chain Management (RSCM) services for technology and telecom, is pleased to announce that Linda Li, the company's executive director and corporate vice president, will speak at the 9th annual Hi-Tech and Electronic Supply Chain Summit – Europe. The summit, of which LTG is a Gold Sponsor, takes…
West Chicago, IL– Sims Recycling Solutions, a leading provider of global IT asset disposal (ITAD) services is excited to announce their continued development of ITAD service offerings in Singapore. As a result of “simply outgrowing the original space,” as stated by Sean Magann, vice president of Sims Recycling Solutions, operations at this location are being…
Stamford, CT – Basware, the leading provider of e-invoicing and purchase-to-pay solutions, today released guidelines to help companies reduce paper and increase green practices by automating key financial processes. At the same time, these guidelines help companies improve their finance operations and reduce costs The global volume of bills and invoices is estimated to total…
New national survey finds more U.S. residents plan to recycle batteries and electronics, but barriers remain.
With the global success of high-tech innovations such as the Internet, mobile devices, business computing, and numerous others, the world's electronics industry has become a major market for the mineral resources found in regions such as Africa's Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This presents much needed opportunities for local communities to generate income that can…
A few years ago, changing consumer perceptions shaped the first socially responsible supply chain management practices. Those initial concepts, meant to demonstrate to consumers that companies were sensitive to growing concern about environmental and social issues, previously targeted one or two key areas such as recycling, waste management, improved water use, or carbon dioxide emission…
Atlanta–Call2Recycle, Inc. , North America’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship organization, has been selected by 11 initial companies to develop, implement and promote a mandated single-use battery recycling program in Vermont. Vermont is the first state to require single-use manufacturers to develop a program for collecting and recycling spent primary batteries (including AA, C,…
Users clamoring for new devices or waiting impatiently for the next iteration of a favored product is music to the ears of the average electronics OEM. At the same time, around the world, these same OEMs are coming face to face with the growing issue of e-waste. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its most…
You've probably heard of Design for Environment (DfE) among the varied “DfX” disciplines. As a supply chain professional at an OEM or contract manufacturer, if you don't know much about this topic, you certainly will in the not-too-distant future. Today, increasing numbers of markets are open only to products that comply with expanding environmental regulations.…