The Environmental Impact of Improper Disposal of IT Assets
Be honest: how many smartphones have you gone through over the past several years? If it's more than one, then where did your old ones end up? Smartphones aren't the only type of e-waste trashing up the planet. Think about all the IT assets that get tossed each year!...
Types of Computer Monitors and How to Safely Recycle Them
Computer monitors are a major part of your business, but they will eventually wear out or become inefficient when compared to new models. You may be tempted to throw your monitors into the trash, but this is not a good idea and may also be illegal. Here are some...
Is It Worth It? The Environmental Impact of Lithium-Ion Batteries, And What You Can Do About It
Have you heard the buzz around Elon Musk's new Tesla Cybertruck? As each day passes, electric vehicles, sustainability, and the environment dominate the news. These topics are more important now than ever before according to experts. The environmental impact of our...
Reasons You Should Recycle Your Household Batteries
Chances are that you use at least one or more battery-operated devices in your household, but those batteries won't last forever and will need to be thrown out eventually. Batteries contain many substances that are not environmentally friendly and are even potentially...
2 Tactics to Improve Your Electronic Data Security
Nearly every business today has vital information stored electronically. Whether the data you store is sensitive business-specific information, accounting records, or your client's personal data, the last thing you want is for the information to end up in the wrong...
5 Things You Need to Know About Data Sanitization
There have been over 4 billion records exposed thus far in 2019. A popular method hackers use to get private information is to look at old data drives. How can you protect information when it's time for you to recycle your old data drives? It's easy: use data...
E-Waste Disposal: Are You Doing It Right?
E-Waste Disposal: Are You Doing It Right? Chances are, you've got an old TV or two, a laptop, and an ancient desktop computer laying around your house. Sound familiar? Electronics become obsolete quickly, leaving us wondering what we do with them once we no longer use...
Cell Phones for Soldiers
You may have heard of our sister company, LampMaster which is working to make recycling easier than ever. This month we had the opportunity to team up with Cell Phones for Soldiers and our client Altice to implement a recycling program that makes a difference in the...
Update on our Wauseon Facility
What began as a dream in 2014, is now close to a full-fledged reality. In early to mid-August Cleanlites expects to have a fully-functioning R&D / advanced recycling facility in Wauseon Ohio. To rewind slightly, our development team saw an underserved...
Our Booth at Midwest Sustainability
We were happy to be represented at the annual Midwest Sustainability Summit. The event, organized by the Regional Sustainability Alliance known as Green Umbrella, brought together some of the brightest minds and important voices in the sustainability network not only...