UER Team

  Every business carries with it risks, some more devastating than others. One potentially destructive risk for your business is how you deal with your business data. To protect your business, it is important that you destroy data. It is common to see big corporations in the news due to data breaches. If you run a small business, you may get a false sense of security, thinking that such things happen only to big companies. But that could

It is only human nature to want the latest electronic gadgets as soon as they’re released to the public. Additionally, retailers incentivize their customers to upgrade their phones and devices frequently. On top of that, we are often drawn in by the prospect of the newest phone, tablet, or laptop making our lives that much easier with all of its new features.    But what about our old devices? More often than not, we either throw them away

  If you’re thinking about selling or re-gifting your PC, you should make sure you completely remove your information from the computer’s hard drive. The best way to do this is by wiping the system’s hard drive so that nobody can get access to your personal information. Wiping a computer’s hard drive is relatively easy to do, but it’s also easy to do incorrectly. Read on to learn how to go about it! Avoid Manual File Deletion

Article By: PSI Blog Best Buy’s recent announcement that it will start charging $25 to recycle each TV and computer monitor indicates that the already stressed U.S. electronics collection infrastructure has gotten worse. We can hardly blame Best Buy or any other collector that stepped up to make recycling easier for consumers. Back in 2004, when not a single retailer was collecting electronics equipment, the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) teamed with Staples and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to start

Article by: E-Scrap News Researchers recently asked over 200 electronics scrap reclaimers how they feel about the state of the electronics recovery business. The response: These are dark days. Welcome to E-Scrap 2015 “We heard from about 75 percent of our respondents that they feel the industry is either staying the same or declining. That’s a pretty significant change over the last few years,” said Anne Peters, president of Gracestone, Inc. “Our respondents reported that the industry is under pressure

A new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® shows electronics recycling receives continued support among consumers. According to the Recycling and Reuse Study, 2014 Edition, more than four-fifths of U.S. adults (82 percent) say recycling their old electronics is important or very important to them, and one-third of consumers surveyed (30 percent) recycled electronics products in the last year, a four percent increase from 2012. “We’re pleased to see continued consumer support for electronics recycling, especially as the power of

United Electronic Recycling is partnering with Minnie’s Food Pantry during the month of April in another Facebook campaign to bring awareness to the needs of the hungry in Plano, TX and the surrounding cities.  For each new “Like” United Electronic Recycling LLC receives during April, we will donate $1 to Minnie’s Food Pantry. Zoya Davani with Minnie’s Food Pantry posted to their Facebook page, “As you may know, today is Minnie’s

United Electronic Recycling will again have a booth at the Learn 2 Live Green event this year to discuss E-Waste Recycling, Data Security and Information Technology Asset Management.  Please drop by and visit with us, we hope to see you there! link: http://www.learn2livegreen.com/ Event Details: Date: 4/12/14 Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm Location: The Shops at Legacy Address: 7205 Bishop Rd, Plano, TX  75024   NOTE: Disposal Fees:  $5.00 for CRT Monitors, $10.00 for TVs, $20.00 for console or Front/Rear Projection TVs. “As one of North Texas’s premiere events, L2LG brings the best of everyday