International E-Waste Day International E-Waste Day was introduced by the WEEE Forum in 2018 to encourage consumers to responsibly reuse and recycle electronics. Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) processes consumer devices as well as professional IT equipment from companies around the world. Retired electronic waste (e-waste) from consumer products is often collected and delivered to SRS for…
The new collaboration between SRS and Trees for All consists of planting 1,000 trees in Europe (The Netherlands) and 1,000 trees in Uganda as part of a “1-2-Tree” project before the end of the 2019 calendar year.
I am delighted to introduce our updated edition of the Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) newsletter. As our company continues to evolve, we felt it was a good time to give our newsletter a new look and feel. This new design and layout better reflect our corporate messaging and values. The new title, RESOURCE, presents our…
It is that time of year. A time to reflect and identify opportunities to improve going forward. It has been quite a year for the IT and electronics industry which is what makes asset disposal plans one to focus on in the New Year. Growing data security threats and increasing momentum in our progress toward…
Due to increasing demand for services in the United Arab Emirates, Sims Recycling Solutions, a leading provider of electronics recycling and IT asset disposition services, moved to a larger facility in Jebel Ali. The facility is four times larger, and is now fully operational. “We had outgrown our previous facility,” stated Stephen Phelan, managing director…
Why you need a secure ITAD program to comply with GDPR. The one certainty with the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation that takes effect this week is that it is complicated. It seemed like there was plenty of time to prepare for compliance when the GDPR was adopted in April 2016, but numerous studies…
IAITAM ACE 2018 kicked off with a keynote from speaker Andrew Adams encouraging us all to be ‘the best’, not just great; and to look past what seems to be true and find ‘the truth’. Inspiring words which set us up well for two and a half days of IT asset management seminars. Early on…
In its third year on the London conference calendar, IoT Tech Expo, Europe is part of the world’s largest internet of things (IoT) event series. Co-located with blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) events, this expo brought together the brightest and boldest of the technology industry. This expo brought together more than 11,000 delegates, exhibitors and…
Michael Espada of SRS will be speaking at the IAITAM ACE 2018 in Orlando on May 8. When working in one of the most fast-paced and agile environments, IT asset managers must constantly seek resources to keep them up to speed. Security, compliance and efficiency are among the many IT asset management considerations made on…
Do you have a customer list? Do you store or process customer data? The reality is, most businesses across the globe store and process some level of personal data whether the subject is a client, patient, vendor, consumer or employee. Businesses are responsible for ensuring the security of this data however, according to FierceCEO, 53…