E-Waste Assassin is still here for you! We have the ability to take e-waste drop offs at our office Fridays, 10:30am to 6pm. You will no longer be required to stay and fill out a transfer of ownership document for residential e-waste disposal unless you request one. We do, however, request that you call ahead and make an appointment.

Appointments will be approximately 15 to 30 minutes long. Drop-off is now by appointment only so that we can limit ...

The Holidays are upon us! Festive decor and gift wrapped boxes as far as the eye can see. It’s a beautiful time of the year, but without careful planning, it can also be a wasteful one. So how does one keep the season cheerful while also keeping it green?

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DEC
2019

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Concerned about your environmental impact at work? Trying to make a difference in any way you can? The good news is that going green at work is pretty similar to doing so at home.

Little things make all the difference, for both your power ...

When your devices reach end-of -life, what do you do with them? Store them until later, creating space issues? Throw them into a landfill to leach toxins into the ground water and waste raw materials? Give them to friends, family, or employees? None of these solutions is ideal, especially as regards data security. Though most of us understand that e-waste is best recycled, few of us give it much thought beyond that.

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NOV
2019

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Electronic waste, also known as e-waste, is a growing problem world wide. We are producing and discarding more and more electronics each year, but we seem to be recycling fewer. In 2016, we produced approximately 44.7 million metric tons of e-waste globally. By 2020, that number is expected to top 50 million. We only recycle about 20%. In 2016, that meant 8.9 million metric tons.

A report from the EPA says that in 2012, Americans discarded over 416,000 mobile devices ...

Windows 7 was released nearly 10 years ago. That means that many of the devices running it are no longer as efficient or useful. Microsoft plans the end-of-life date for operating systems before they even release them. While that may seem strange, this planned obsolescence means you can be prepared ahead of time to upgrade. The simplest thing to do is replace and dispose of your devices.

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OCT
2019

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FREE Hard Drive Wiping Sure to Increase Computer Recycling in Tucson

We all want to do right by the environment…as long as it’s painless and doesn’t cost anything of course! For a while now, E-Waste Assassin has charged a nominal hard drive wipe fee to get rid of sensitive data on hard drives that come along with equipment that is brought to us for recycling. Unfortunately, the nominal $15 fee has seemed to turn away more clients than it has helped. The ...