How to use open-data to track plastic pollution from UK waste exports

By Techjournalist on May 21, 2021, Source: https://techjournalism.medium.com/how-to-use-open-data-to-track-plastic-pollution-from-uk-waste-exports-45967626bb38

British plastic waste keeps being exported to third countries. Much of it ends unrecycled, badly incinerated, on foreign landfills, burned in the open or blown into the ocean? Here is why and how we must track Britain’s responsibility in polluting foreign soil.

ITAD firms weigh in on bank’s $60M data mismanagement fine

Author: Jared Paben, Source: https://resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/2020/10/15/itad-firms-weigh-in-on-banks-60m-data-mismanagement-fine/

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued a major fine to Morgan Stanley for improper management of drives. Executives in the electronics recovery sector say the case reaffirms the warnings they have been giving to corporate partners for years.

Lawsuits pile on after ITAD vendor’s data mismanagement

Author: Colin Staub, Source: https://resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/2020/08/27/lawsuits-pile-on-after-itad-vendors-data-mismanagement

Morgan Stanley faces seven class action lawsuits related to an ITAD vendor’s alleged lapse in data security protocols, and the financial institution is considering legal action against the unnamed processor.