Phoenix Solutions

“Why the heck are your clients’ hard drives in the parking lot for anyone to take…?!” On a not-so-recent trip to Denver, I was mixing a little work with personal (snowboarding of course) and dropped by an electronics recycler I’d been working with for a few years. Strolling through his scrap yard parking lot I noticed this travesty. I then greeted my friend with a warm, “Why the heck are your clients’ hard drives sitting in your parking lot for anyone to take?!” (Who knows how long they’d been there like that!) True story and, regrettably, they didn’t have a good excuse. Matter of fact, there's never a good excuse for data to ever be that close to a dreaded breach. This happens more often than I wish though. Businesses recycle their electronics with someone that makes their e-waste problem go away, but often without doing their data due diligence to understand if the vendor is "on their game." What does “on their game” mean though? It means a ITAD recycler: - has rigorous standards - are certified and audited - treat YOUR DATA and YOUR CLIENTS’ DATA with the utmost care Our suggestion? Know and vet an ITAD services provider that is NAID AAA Certified who will securely and quickly destroy your sensitive data — like they should! Oh, yeah — said recycler with the parking lot hard drives? They're no longer in business. PS – the content part of my brain was elated to witness this and take a quick pic so I could tell the story! 🤣

As preachers often say, “Every day is Easter,” not only Easter Sunday — and the same goes for Earth Day. Every day is Earth Day! But pristine mountain views like this only stay this way if we’re actively stewarding our natural resources through methods like recycling. But we have a huge recycling problem here in the U.S.! Less than 20% of our outdated and old electronics get recycled. The United States throws away around 5.5 million tons of electronics each year. E-waste makes up only a small fraction of overall waste (just 2%!), but it accounts for about 70% of toxic load in landfills. It’s also like taking a flamethrower to millions of dollars in cash. Every year. Not to mention all the rare and precious metals aren't getting refined and reused. That’s such a … waste. 😉 But if you’re anything like me, you really care about the environment. You want to keep it nice, not just for yourself, but for your kids and grandkids, too. So, from one person doing their part to another, thank you! Thanks for caring, recycling your electronics with recyclers like ours, and for leaving the Earth a cleaner, better place. Keep it up and Happy Earth Day every day!

It's been so nice out this week! Looks like it's going to get kinda rowdy here in the midwest this afternoon. Hope you've been taking advantage of this glorious weather. I got a nice four mile run in at Chubb Trail. ... I just love that it's called "Chubb" ... Every time I'm on it for a run or ruck I hear the trail taking to me ... "If ya don't want to be me then be on me!" 😂 PS – isn't the crew lookin' so good!