Sustainable Electronics: Best Practices for Circular Design
As experts in resource management and materials recovery, Sims Lifecycle Services put together a list of basic best practices for designing products for sustainability.
COVID-19: How is this affecting reverse logistics?
If somebody told me three months ago, the global economy would crash, millions would lose their jobs, and schools would be closed all in response to a global pandemic, just like the rest of us, I would not have believed them. Yet, here we are today. At the moment in most parts of the globe…
SLS Participates in Plastics Waste Meetings
Patricia Whiting, senior international policy analyst for Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) recently attended two meetings concerning plastic waste from the perspective of the circular economy and transboundary movement. One symposium was hosted on Feb. 12, 2020 in Washington by the law firm of Beveridge and Diamond; and the other was held in Seychelles, Africa on…
GUIDE: Managing a Smooth Transition to a New Global ITAD Service Provider
The process of changing to a new vendor can be intimidating, however appropriately resourcing vendor-to-vendor transitions minimizes risk and adds value. You completed your selection process, RFPs are reviewed, and the best scoring vendor has been selected. The stakeholders in your organization are satisfied and all the hoops jumped through. The contract is signed, sealed…
E-WASTE: Safety and Sustainability in the Airline Industry
Ensure aviation data security and offset carbon emissions through responsible IT resource management. Data Security: Aviation IT security is a top priority. The global airline industry has continued to grow over recent years, which inherently brings an increase in data threats. A global airline CEO survey disclosed that 85 percent of airline CEO’s view airline…
MARINE PLASTIC LITTER UPDATE: OECD Harmonization of Basel Plastics Amendments
U.S. issues with transboundary movement of plastic waste for recycling Recently we reported that the Parties to the Basel Convention (187 countries) adopted an amendment to its annexes, governing the transboundary movement of plastic waste as a method to combat the issue of plastic marine litter. This amendment takes effect in January 2021 and controls…
A Year in Review: SLS’ Top Five Blog Posts of 2019
As data trends could have predicted, 2019 was not a great year for data security. In fact, it has been deemed the worst. Recent studies claim there is a new identity theft victim every two seconds in the United States alone. Globally the average cost of a data breach rose 12 percent over the past…
Sims Lifecycle Services Earns the Safety Excellence Award
Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) in La Vergne, Tenn. has shown strong dedication to safety programs over the past three years. Recently the company completed training for over 100 employees on the scope and application of the OSHA General Industry Standards. The course offered by the National Safety Council (NSC) covers OSHA Standards, policies, and procedures in…
Web Summit in Lisbon
Every so often, we have the opportunity to attend conferences as attendees – a chance to learn, listen and absorb. The 2019 Web Summit was one of those chances – Europe’s largest Tech Event – completely sold out, with over 70,000 attendees from all across the world; this event deserves its place among the top…
G7 Workshop on Value Retention Policies
Ingrid Sinclair, global president, will participate in a G7 Workshop in Paris, France on November 19 and 20, 2019 addressing the promotion of value retention policies (VRPs) that extend product life, remanufacturing, refurbishment, repair and direct reuse. This meeting of the seven largest advanced economies will bring together policy makers, representatives from the private sector,…