PC Disposal Receives 2023 Best of New Century Award
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PC Disposal has been selected for the 2023 Best of New Century Award in the Recycling Center category by the New Century Award Program.
The Wall Street Journal This Morning radio show
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PC Disposal is featured in this radio discussion about the growing importance and difficulty of proper computer disposal and recycling.
Discarded Hard Drives Still Contain Data
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Quote from PC Disposal: "As companies get ready to clean their closets, drive cleansing should be more than just an afterthought," said Kory Bostwick of PC Disposal. "Considering that trade secrets or other sensitive information could be on the drives, the company could be opening itself up for a lawsuit or identity theft if it's not careful."How To Securely Dispose Of Old Equipment
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A recycling article primarily focusing on data security for consumers when disposing of old equipment. PC Disposal is quoted several times.
Consumer interest in safely ditching data has been fueled by a steady stream of reports of personal records found on used equipment. In May, a German maker of disk
Putting Your Server Out to Pasture
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Article on what to do with obsolete servers and the importance of choosing a reputable computer recycling company includes a quote from PC Disposal president.
There comes a time when a servers must be disposed of. The question then becomes what should be done with it? In most cases, it is less expensive and more efficient to leav
Outdated PCs boot up business for disposal firm
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A great profile story exclusively about Kory Bostwick and PC Disposal.
Companies such as Sprint Corp. and Time Warner pay PCDisposal.com to take old equipment off their hands. The fee seems small compared with fines that can be levied should environmental regulators trace old equipment in a landfill back to a company
When PCs Byte The Dust
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Feature on PC Disposal and other asset disposal companies. Includes photos of our company warehouse and some of our "antique" computers.
Old computers aren't just useless, they don't even have nostalgia value. Which is where PC Disposal of Lenexa, Kansas comes in with an irresistible pitch to businesses upgrading their systems: send us
PC disposal bill introduced in Congress
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Article on federal legislation that was introduced to impose a $10 fee on PCs, monitors and laptops to pay for recycling centers. Article also discusses how PCdisposal.com is already providing disposal services for companies.
PCs contain lead, mercury and PVC plastics, which are all hazardous materials. The fee would be used
Service-Oriented IT
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PC Disposal mentioned in article about how it's better to hire an outside recycling firm than to try to negotiate the entire task yourself:
As a data center manager, you may be adept at creating a killer networking environment or implementing bulletproof security, but what about navigating local and state disposal laws for PCs?
Introducing the PrivaCage™ secure equipment container. When
you order PC Disposal's Secure Plus™ Risk Management Disposal service, these cages
will be delivered to your location. PrivaCages can easily be rolled from floor to floor
and room to room, allowing your staff to securely move old equipment to your shipping
dock for pickup by our company.
Sometimes publicity can be a bad thing. Like when
your company is in the news because client records were found in city dumps or bought on
an auction website. If recycling companies are keeping their promises to sanitize hard
drives, why does data keep showing up on hard drives that were supposed to be sanitized
or destroyed?