Are you the owner of an older laptop computer in your home? Do you or your employer have some old computers lying around which aren’t being used? In lieu of leaving these digital devices sit idle and accumulate dust, it is best to dispose of them in a proper manner…

What personal data is stored on your PC or laptop? If you don’t destroy the data prior to recycling it, you’re leaving yourself at risk of identity theft. To address this issue, Pure Planet Recycling offer to the public at no cost a destruction of your hard drive. …

How do you dispose of old hard drives? Go to your local computer store and ask if they’ll take old drives for recycling. Apple Stores will recycle old industries for free, and I believe other stores charge a small fee, but that money goes to charity. …

Roughly 78 million metric tons of e-waste are produced each year, and that number is expected to grow by 33 percent over the next few years. But recycling electronics isn’t just a way to save space in landfills — it’s an important way to reduce the environmental impact of all…

Do you have hard drives lying around that are no longer in use? If so, you might want to consider hard drive recycling. Hard drive recycling is the process of getting rid of hard drives by sending them off for their data to be deleted and then used again. There…

The hard drive in your computer is one of the most crucial pieces of hardware in the box. It’s a small disc that stores all of your data, including all your passwords, bank accounts, private information and even photos of you and your family. But with only a few years…

With so much information being stored online and in the cloud, most of us no longer need our old hard drives. We simply buy new ones and transfer all our data over, which is great for the environment. And yet, many of us still have old hard drives lying around…

Extending the life of hard drives and data storage devices is critical, but it also means ensuring that they are disposed of correctly. Hard disks need to be removed from older computers before recycling them or throwing them away because old magnetic media may contain personal information such as bank…

Disposal involves drying, shredding, plating and crushing the hard drives to recover usable components. Remarketing includes reusing or reselling the hard drive within the same general product line. While typical hard drive recycling is based on electronics, there is a growing movement to recover magnetic media as well. Magnetic storage…