I declare W.O.R! Responsible Electronic Recycling.
No. This is not a typo. WOR stands for Wave of Responsibility. What does that mean to you? Let me tell you. Just a real-life scenario. There once was a woman named Ms. Climber. She started a successful business and hired several people. They all worked diligently with computers at each desk. In April of […]
A Simple Checklist to Avoid I.D.Theft
Congressman Bilirakis held two Identity Theft Prevention Fairs yesterday. I was asked to attend as a representative of my company, Urban E Recycling because of our policy and procedures in how we destroy data. But what surprised me, is the things I didn’t know, and things I knew but forgot or disregarded because they didn’t […]
Electronic Recycling: The Importance of Computer Recycling for the Environment
Recycling computers is important to the environment in way you may not think about. Urban E Recycling makes it easy and safe. Tweet 5 things You Can Do to Reduce Electronic Waste Recycling is a popular activity in the world today given the threat of modernization to our environment. Over the years, we have been […]
April 12th Earth Day ‘On Location’ Collection
Urban E Recycling will be available on April 12th at 1626 Natures Way Blvd, Valrico, Florida, to celebrate Earth Day by helping consumers recycle their old electronic items for no charge. 3/2014 Green is the color for March. The drive to promote a “greener” Tampa Bay Area has received a huge boost from Urban E […]
Improving Our Bottom Line By Lowering Our Profit Margin
It seems kind of backwards, doesn’t it? Grant it, improving the bottom-line usually means increasing profit margin but not in this case. 10/2016 We’ve been in business for a little over 4 years. We’ve been in business for a little over 4 years. We have learned a lot in those four years and certainly have […]
Sensitive Information Left Inside
Last week we had one of our busiest weeks ever at Urban E Recycling. Why? I think it may be our new website, but of course, I would think that, because I created it. 7/2016 Maybe we are so much busier because we are going into our fourth year. Maybe it’s because we sent out […]
The Truth About the E-Waste Recycling FREE Model And How It Really Works
The Truth About The FREE Model And How It Really Works 9/2016 This conversation took place on Linkedin between two professionals in the electronic recycling business. I’m one of them and the other we will call Mr. Reynolds. I am not revealing his real name because I didn’t ask permission to use his questions, but […]
How To Dispose Of A Laptop Hard Drive
To dispose of a laptop hard drive in the most secure way is to shred it. Even the best erasing machines can leave data on a hard drive Tweet Partially deleted data can come back to haunt you. To dispose of a laptop hard drive in the most secure way is to shred it. Even […]
Best Way to Destroy My Hard Drive
Destroying a hard drive can me managed in different ways. Some are definitely more secure than others. Tweet Destroying a hard drive can me managed in different ways. Security is in degrees. The simplest and the least effective is setting you hard drive to factory setting. This DOES NOT destroy your personal information. Every piece […]
What Does It Cost To Shred Hard Drives?
Hard drive shredding is getting very popular now since it’s come out that wiping and erasing hard drive still leaves recoverable data. Many document shredding companies are getting into the business. Tweet All recycling companies work a little different. All companies work a little different when it comes to privacy policy. One company, I interviewed, […]
