Every year, we celebrate Earth Day to raise awareness of environmental issues and take action for a greener world. People often celebrate Earth Day by taking part in recycling drives, waste cleanups, or beautifying green spaces. But you can celebrate and keep the planet green in smaller ways - like cleaning out your clutter and recycling your old electronics responsibly, instead of throwing them away. 

In our digital age, the amount of technology we have continues to grow - phones, laptops, tablets, headphones are all items that are upgraded every year. In a recent study, 87% of kids report having at least one piece of old technology at home, but most either throw it away or store it at home.  Our comprehensive guide provides tips for educating kids on e-waste and how to dispose of electronics. 

Recycling doesn’t have to be a daunting task, it’s a simple way to declutter your home, protect the environment, and even make some extra cash. With Arrow’s easy-to-use e-waste and scrap recycling services, you can turn your old electronics and metal scrap into something beneficial. 

In today’s technology-driven world, organizations frequently upgrade their IT infrastructure, leading to the inevitable disposal of outdated or unused equipment. This process is known as IT Asset Disposition (ITAD). ITAD involves the secure and environmentally responsible disposal of IT assets, ensuring that sensitive data is destroyed and that materials are recycled or disposed of according to regulatory standards.

The holiday season is slowly creeping up on us. As we do our holiday shopping while trying to tune out the catchy tunes while trying to pick out the best gifts, there should be another thing on your mind. What to do with all the old electronics you’ll likely replace with newly gifted ones by the end of the season. Many people immediately think to just toss or donate, but the most eco-friendly (not to mention wallet friendly!) option is to recycle!

Dealing with outdated items like washing machines, and stoves can feel overwhelming. Not only are these large appliances difficult to move, but you may also be unsure about what to do with them once they're loaded up. Instead of simply discarding them, consider the more sustainable option of recycling it, which not only benefits you, but the environment as well!

We often upgrade or replace electronic devices, leading to a buildup of old gadgets. Properly recycling these devices not only helps protect the environment but also ensures you handle your e-waste responsibly. Whether you’re clearing out old smartphones, laptops, or other electronics, here’s a straightforward guide on the dos and don’ts of recycling your personal electronics.

Spread Community Awareness With E-Waste Recycling. Certified in Data Destruction and E-Waste Recycling, we're ready to assist your community in organizing an e-waste collection event. Contact us as we’d be happy to learn more and help with your plans to initiate an e-waste collection day

Skip The Landfills, Sell Your Medical E-Waste To Arrow Scrap! Zero Landfill Policy, Responsible Handling & Recycling, Secure Data Destruction/ITAD Services

With how much of our daily lives occurs online, data security has become a top priority for organizations and businesses alike. The sheer amount of sensitive information stored on electronic devices calls for strict measures to protect this data from unauthorized access and misuse. One essential aspect of data security is data destruction. But why is data destruction important?

Arrow Scrap accepts a wide range of e-waste and will pay you for what you send us!

At Arrow, our goal is to make recycling easier for everyone. And yes, we do mean everyone. We are located in Long Island NY, but that doesn’t mean that you have to be. That’s why we’re proud to provide a Circuit Board, Electronic Component and Electronics Shipping Option. Ship direct to us from anywhere, with peace of mind. Whether you're local or Nationwide, we are here for you as your responsible, certified recycling partner.

Arrow offers an easy, reliable container service to help accomplish your job effectively. We know you have big jobs that can have big messes.  But you shouldn’t have to worry about more than you need to. Arrow's container service keeps your job moving on time from drop-off to removal. But there’s more than just that to our container services. Using a container to haul off your scrap metal has other benefits.

This is an excellent time to decide what your priorities will be for the next year, including how long you want to hold onto electronics and how you can responsibly dispose of old or unused ones to prevent electronic waste, or e-waste, from building up in landfills.

Data Privacy Day is an event that reminds organizations and individuals alike that data protection is a crucial and ongoing effort. Data Privacy Day is celebrated on January 28 every year to honor the introduction of the first binding international treaty, Convention 108, that protected individuals against intrusive data collection and the processing of personal data.

This year for Christmas, Santa will likely be kind enough to bring many of us new electronics of some sort. But what do you do with all of your old electronics now that you have shiny new ones? 

E-waste is a growing issue that needs urgent attention, and e-waste recycling is a solution we all need to practice in return. Recycling starts at home, the office, and anywhere that e-waste exists. And where there is e-waste, there is always potential for e-waste recycling. After all, what makes for better team building than helping out the environment a little?

Data is the currency of your business, can help drive revenue, and can reduce costs and productivity. Every little bit contains a vast amount of personal data that you don’t want falling into the hands of the wrong people. Data doesn’t stop being valuable because it’s on a broken device or stored on a hard drive stacked in a box in the back corner of your server room. Even deleting the files isn’t going to get rid of the data completely. This is why proper data destruction is so important.

The world of medical science is constantly advancing at a breakneck pace, and medical electronics that may have been top of the line a few years ago are now outdated. All of this medical waste starts to pile up and it’s hard to find proper ways to dispose or recycle them. Luckily, Arrow Scrap is here to help. 

Recycling can sometimes be complicated. We’ve all been in a situation where we aren’t quite exactly sure what to do with batteries that no longer hold a charge. No one wants to actively increase their carbon footprint. That’s why Arrow Scrap is here to help with a handy list of what can and cannot be recycled!

E-waste is the mass total of electronics that end up in landfills, or sent to developing countries to be hazardously burned and processed in order to extract bits of gold and other precious metals. These electronics that are thrown away rather than recycled or reused end up leaching toxic elements like chromium and mercury into the environment, negatively impacting humans, plants and animals.

On June 3, Supervisor Ed Romaine (left) was at the William Floyd Middle School in Moriches for the Town of Brookhaven’s Spring Recycling event in Council District 6. Every year, the Town holds two recycling events in each Council District that include paper shredding, e-waste disposal and a supervised prescription drug drop-off program.

Throwing a community recycling collection day is a great way to encourage those around you to reduce the amount of salvageable scrap that gets thrown into landfills–especially when it comes to clunky pieces of technology that take effort to dispose of properly. 

You can make your community feel good about retiring old IT equipment–as well as make it easy for them–by partnering with Arrow to throw an E-waste recycling event.

While your first inclination might be to hire a professional or a company to destroy data, you first have to have your in-house process buttoned up.

You need to know your end goals, what your company stores locally vs what is stored on your hard drives. Provided you have a staff, you also need to know what’s on their phones, laptops, desktops or tablets. What about customer or patient data? Also, if you regularly print, those files existed somewhere before.

Whether you run and office or a household or maybe both, we all have one thing in common – we all create electronic waste.
Appliances, old or outdated computers and cell phones all add up. And all too often they pile up in landfills.