{"id":5163,"date":"2023-06-20T04:13:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T11:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wisetekusa.com\/?p=5163"},"modified":"2023-07-31T04:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:57:46","slug":"a-comprehensive-guide-to-responsible-e-waste-disposal-for-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wisetekusa.com\/blog\/a-comprehensive-guide-to-responsible-e-waste-disposal-for-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"A Comprehensive Guide to Responsible E-Waste Disposal for Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW238742502 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238742502 BCX0\">E-waste disposal for businesses is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238742502 BCX0\">perhaps more<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238742502 BCX0\"> important now than ever before. As <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238742502 BCX0\">more and more<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238742502 BCX0\"> pressure <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW238742502 BCX0\">is<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238742502 BCX0\"> being placed on global businesses to become more sustainable, combined with the increase in data breaches targeting businesses, environmentally res<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238742502 BCX0\">ponsible and secure data destruction and IT asset disposal are necessary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Introduction to E-Waste Disposal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/international-cooperation\/cleaning-electronic-waste-e-waste\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">EPA defines e-waste<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as: \u201c&#8230;used electronics that are nearing the end of their useful life, and are discarded, donated or given to a recycler.\u201d As a subset of used electronics, e-waste may have inherent value in its parts and components. Common examples of business e-waste include PCs, printers, photocopiers, phones, tablets, laptops and hard drives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many of these electronics may contain sensitive data that needs to be destroyed during the disposal process; nearly all modern electronics pose a significant number of environmental problems such as rare earth metals leaching into ground soils, for example.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-waste disposal for businesses is perhaps more important now than ever before. As more and more pressure is being placed on global businesses to become more sustainable, combined with the increase in data breaches targeting businesses, environmentally responsible and secure data destruction and IT asset disposal are necessary. 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