The Cost of Improper Disposal of Waste and Sensitive Documents

By Cal Micro Recycling | February 28, 2018
A top-down photo of a mixture of various shreddred papers.

Recently, California public inspectors discovered that several Home Depot stores were improperly disposing of hazardous waste as well as customer records. The terms of their roughly $28 million settlement will require the major retailer to pay penalties, finance environmental programs, and observe the laws that pertain to waste disposal. This is not the first time…

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Product Destruction for Recalled Goods

By Cal Micro Recycling | February 20, 2018
PRODUCT RECALL sign being held by a business person in a suit.

Often a manufacturer’s expired, outdated, recalled, or damaged inventory ends up being resold online without proper authorization. Online commerce companies like Amazon and eBay do not have a screening process sophisticated enough to decipher what dealers are approved to sell certain products, making it difficult to know what vendors to trust. There are specific clues…

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What Do Recyclers Do With E-Waste?

By Cal Micro Recycling | February 12, 2018
A photograph of lots of shredded metal and circuit boards with a standard hard drive laying top of all it.

Often a manufacturer’s expired, outdated, recalled, or damaged inventory ends up being resold online without proper authorization. Online commerce companies like Amazon and eBay do not have a screening process sophisticated enough to decipher what dealers are approved to sell certain products, making it difficult to know what vendors to trust. There are specific clues…

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The Legality of Data Destruction

By Cal Micro Recycling | February 5, 2018
A photograph of a wooden gavel laying on top of a keyboard on a desk.

Often a manufacturer’s expired, outdated, recalled, or damaged inventory ends up being resold online without proper authorization. Online commerce companies like Amazon and eBay do not have a screening process sophisticated enough to decipher what dealers are approved to sell certain products, making it difficult to know what vendors to trust. There are specific clues…

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