Security Shredding & Storage News Nov/Dec2011

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Volume 8, Issue 6

November / December 2011

Security Shredding Storage News

Official Publication of the Security Shredding & Paper Recovery Markets Visit us online at www.sssnews.com

ATTENTION:  READERS !

Are you looking for Products, Equipment or Services for your business? If so, please check out these leading companies advertised in this issue:

Collection & Storage Containers All Source Security Container Mfg. Ltd. – pg 9 & 15 Bomac Carts – pg 11 CK Designs Manufacturing Inc - pg 9 Jake, Connor & Crew – pg 2

Lock & Locking Systems Lock America Intl. – pg 9

Mobile Truck Shredders Alpine Shredders Ltd – pg 4 Shred-Tech Limited – pg 11 UNTHA America – pg 6

Moving Floor System Keith Manufacturing – pg 10

... Going, Seeing, Saving Green by Recycling Data Tape Media

Paper Balers Harris – pg 9 IPS Balers, Inc. – pg 9

Replacement Parts Dun-Rite Tool – pg 5

Stationary Shredders & Grinders Allegheny Shredders – pg 7 Cresswood Recycling Systems – pg 5 Schutte-Buffalo Hammer Mill, LLC – pg 16 Vecoplan LLC – pg 12 Waste Revolution – pg 9

Waste commodity purchasers Dan-Mar Components – pg 13

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or Brian Musil, Recycle Your Media is more than just a company name. It has become a mantra. “It’s a worthy cause,” he says of the business he founded in 2005 to recycle data tape media. “I feel good about what we do everyday.” Little wonder. Since 2005, the company based in Newport Beach, Calif., has recycled more than 2.25 million tape cartridges, diverting some 15.4 million pounds of material from ever-shrinking landfills. In keeping with his “green” philosophy, tapes that are damaged and which cannot be recycled are incinerated in a waste-to-energy plant. An estimated 99 percent of tapes which come in to the company are able to be refurbished, Musil notes. That’s good news for the many businesses — banks, universities, health care institutions, major corporations and government agencies — looking to both recoup some of the costs of their media when no longer needed and to save precious dollars when having to purchase new tapes. Recycle Your Media not only purchases tapes from companies, including shredding companies and e-waste recyclers, but sells 50,000 to 100,000 pieces of media each month, primarily to dealers but also to end-users. In effect, companies that need to dispose of no longer needed or outmoded data tapes can see green, save green and be green. “We handle everything from old legacy

media to the newest market products,” Musil says. At its plant in San Jose, Calif., Recycle Your Media inspects and refurbishes the tapes — ensuring that all information is securely erased and that the tapes can be reused — then resells the media. Musil stresses that the company meets or exceeds policies relating to data destruction set out by agencies including the Department of Defense and under the HIPAA Privacy Rule,

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Inside This Issue 4 Accountability: Sharpening Your Competitive Edge to Develop Loyal Customers 7 The Federal Government Highlights Economic Benefits of Electronics Recycling 10 California Man has 300,000 Stolen Identities 13 NAID Creates “Onsite” Sanitization Certification Program 14 New Studies Show Good Future for E-waste Recycling, Despite Issues


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