Insights

Insights

Plain-English analysis on IT asset disposition, data security, and the forces reshaping electronics recycling. New pieces added regularly.

The Data Center Decommissioning Wave Is Here

AI workloads are forcing the fastest server refresh cycle the industry has ever seen. Every rack that comes out is a data event and a value event at once.

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The Real Cost of Getting ITAD Wrong

"We recycled it" is not the same as "the data is provably gone." The companies that learned that the hard way have the receipts.

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Your Old Electronics Are a Strategic Resource

For decades we put America's e-waste on a boat, and the gold, copper, and rare earths went with it. That era is ending, on purpose.

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Don't Just Shred It

A working part is worth far more whole than as a pile of dust. Most of the industry shreds anyway. Here's why we don't.

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NIST 800-88, Explained in Plain English

It's the standard everyone cites and few explain. Here's what clear, purge, and destroy actually mean, and why the certificate matters as much as the method.

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HIPAA Doesn't End at the Loading Dock

Protected health information lives on retired workstations, copiers, and imaging systems long after the replacements arrive. The disposal step is a compliance step.

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Windows 10 End of Life: Don't Forget the ITAD Side of the Refresh

Microsoft ended support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. The upgrade conversation is about new machines, but the bigger risk is the old ones, and where their data ends up.

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Florida's Battery EPR Bill (SB 912): Stalled, But a Signal Worth Reading

Florida's 2026 attempt at battery extended producer responsibility didn't become law, but the direction of travel for battery and e-waste handling is hard to miss.

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