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If there’s an opinion to be had on ITAD, Data Destruction, Computer Recycling or IT Remarketing you’ll be reading about it here.
Our blog posts cover all the hot topics that matter within the world of IT Asset Disposal and Data governance.
ICEX Insight: January 2021
How tech will transform healthcare in 2021, improving work-from-home life, and the sustainable revolution.

Busting the myths about refurbished technology…
It’s part of our mission at ICEX to change misconceptions about refurbished technology and repurposed devices. Why? It is our contribution to a circular economy

The Cost Of Depreciation
Ensuring our clients realise the value of their redundant equipment is very important to us. Unfortunately, some of the prospects we converse with don’t fully

Total Transparency
As contracts between suppliers and customers come up for renewal, it’s only natural that clients review them and take the appropriate measures. One of which

The End Of An Era
It’s fair to say that since Microsoft started producing software there have been successful and some not so successful operating systems. As technology has advanced

Cheque Please
Since October 2017, the waste accepted for disposal through the Essex council civic amenities sites has changed. Households now find it increasingly difficult to dispose

No flies on me
An item on the news last month, explained further changes to the law in relation to fly tipping. This follows on from a segment on

Cutting corners will put your reputation at risk
Reusing hard drives can be extremely cost-effective and will also help reduce the environmental impact of destroying and refining the drive. A quick Google search

Security vs Cost
“I found someone to take it away for free” is a sentence we hear all too often, we are continually fighting against a tide of

Gone Phishing
Making staff aware of security issues should not be a onetime training exercise, everybody needs to be involved irrespective of rank. The staff within your

The threat of Cyber-Crime
The threat is real It’s been 10 years since the financial crisis, a credit crunch that almost crippled the banking industry in the UK. Despite

Environmental impact of waste
The environmental impact of waste generated from the UK is being spread far and wide across the planet. As China closes its doors to other

Repair, reuse and reduce.
In the UK we have reduced the amount of single use plastic carrier bags by over 83%, with the bag charge raising £66.4m in the

Server rooms and Data Centres
The thought of placing your systems offline could send your Infrastructure Manager into a cold sweat. Powering down any system needs planning and forethought to

Zero waste to landfill
Sounds like a plan, no waste ending up at a landfill site. As businesses have improved and embraced recycling as part of their CSR policies,

Who should we trust?
When you hand over your data to your chosen IT disposal partner, do you know where it actually ends up? Does your IT disposal partner

What to look for in an ITAD partner
How do you know what’s happening to your equipment when you dispose of it? How did you arrange a collection of the redundant hardware and

The paper it’s written on
For those of us old enough to remember lines from Only Fools and Horses, Del Boy would always say he had a “cistifikut”! ICEX supply

GDPR – Price Comparison Websites
The GDPR has been clouded in masses of negativity, but is it a good thing or not? If you have entered an enquiry into any