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As technology evolves rapidly, organizations face growing challenges in managing outdated IT equipment. Beyond the allure of faster devices and better features lies a critical issue: electronic waste (e-waste). Improper disposal of IT assets not only poses environmental risks but also threatens data security.

Ensuring the security and integrity of IT assets during transit is critical. Over the past two decades, Apto Solutions has worked with clients to develop best practices for mitigating risk for in-transit assets. Here are five measures you should consider to ensure your assets are tracked and protected.

In an era where transparency is more than a buzzword, it's a crucial pillar of trust and accountability in business. Apto Solutions, a pioneer in the IT asset disposition (ITAD) industry, embodies this principle by offering a transparency-first approach to managing the end-of-life cycle of IT assets.

For Marietta City Schools, making sure students have the opportunity to learn and thrive, no matter their ability, is a priority. The lab is empowering children with disabilities, through job and training.

As more companies add Sustainability officers to lead their ESG initiatives, Procurement pros are still the missing piece in turning ambition to ITAD action.

There is a lot of talk about the circular economy. One ITAD company is walking the walk. It’s harder than you think.

As technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, our government has created regulations that are demanding companies to step up their IT asset disposal efforts. Because, unfortunately, data breaches have become way too common… and already happening in 2023 - and its only January! 

Apto’s second year of supplying Reneal IEO with high-quality repurposed laptops and other IT equipment is continuing to make a difference at the local school level and all the way up to the President's office in Tanzania.

In finding innovative ways to ensure new electronics are made from their recycled counterparts, one of the biggest barriers for manufacturers continues to be the supply chain.

Since it became clear that environmental, social and governance (ESG) legislation was no longer a hypothetical and soon to become the law of the land – compelling public companies to disclose their emissions and the climate risks their businesses face – many businesses have been scrambling to prepare.

Building a circular economy to deal with our e-waste challenges means embracing a new level of industry-wide transparency.

No company wants to be at the center of a laptop-born data scandal, but the honest truth is that data security breaches do happen, even with the best of intentions. Now just imagine the added struggles of managing, recycling, or disposing of those devices during the pandemic while everyone is untethered and working from home.

Companies that are truly invested in building proper circular processes shouldn’t just rely on recyclers’ certifications. There are steps companies can take to strengthen their processes, instead of assuming that recycling is being handled in the right way.

In the article Why do we need ITAD? Our Future Depends on it, we uncovered how a properly managed IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) program can help save the planet from a steadily growing amount of e-waste. This article will focus on an honorable way corporations can counteract this e-waste problem by extending the life of their PCs and laptops through a computer donation program. 

E-waste is a massive global problem that seems to be growing in severity every year. This trend is expected to continue, with projections showing that by 2030, annual e-waste generation worldwide is likely to increase by approximately 30 percent. With this level of growth, business as usual (i.e. a linear economy) is not an option!

If you’ve been to a cafe in any major city pre-pandemic, with tables occupied by a sea of laptops, then you know that these devices were already essential. Now imagine laptop usage has only increased since 2020, with the pandemic-induced work-from-home lifestyle sending buyers into overdrive, creating laptop shortages that some claim will last into 2022.

At this point, you probably don’t need me to tell you that we have a plastics problem. In the last five years, we’ve sounded the alarm about single-use plastics and the burden their use has placed on the planet.

Electronic waste is becoming the fastest growing solid waste stream in the world, and this poses a serious challenge. The need to properly manage and recycle this waste offers us the opportunity to transform our throwaway culture.

Our economy builds products, sells them, and dumps them, but what happens next? With the passing of time comes the need to adapt, and the global economy is no exception to the rule:

Are you going to try to get past that?! According to a 2015 study by IBM and the Ponemon Institute, the average data breach now costs a total of $6.5 Million or about $217 per lost or stolen record. That’s a new record high, and the trend is definitively on the way up. So what can you do to prevent or (God forbid) recover from a data breach?