At the E-Scrap Longevity Conference in New Orleans yesterday, Kevin Dillon, Co-Founder, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Sales Officer of ERI, the leading material resource recovery, ITAD, mobility and data destruction/processing provider and largest recycler of electronics in the US, was featured on a panel of ITAD experts titled “The Next Era Of ITAD: Defining the Industry’s Potential, Influence, and Strategic Value.”

The panel, featuring Dillon and other members of the Global ITAD Alliance (GIA), took a deep dive into how GIA advances advocacy, innovation and best practices in data security, environmental responsibility and compliance and how members use it to grow within the circular economy. The discussion’s experts included Dillon; Kelly Hess, the CEO of CompuCycle; and Eric Levine, Solutions Sales Executive ALM with Iron Mountain. The panel; was moderated by GIA Executive Director Darrell Fleming-Kendall.

“We’re grateful to have been invited by Darrell, GIA, and the E-Scrap Conference team to participate in this spirited discussion about the direction the ITAD industry is going at such a key event,” said Dillon. “It’s critical that we as an industry focus on the various ways we can harness innovation to continue to evolve. And each step of the way, we must never lose sight of the importance of circularity, sustainability and the proper destruction of data.”

A leading industry event, E-Scrap annually hosts more than 1,200 attendees from more than 35 countries. This year’s conference offered a bustling exhibit hall, tear-down demos, a series of presentations, sessions and Q&As featuring leading industry executives and associations.

ERI is the leading global material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company, certified at the highest level by all leading environmental and data security oversight organizations to de-manufacture, recycle, and refurbish every type of electronic device in an environmentally responsible manner. ERI’s secure end-to-end data center ITAD suite of services includes relocation services for data centers. ERI has the capacity to process more than a billion pounds of electronic waste annually at its eight certified U.S. locations, serving every zip code in the United States, with international facilities and partners serving over 140 countries. ERI’s mission is to protect people, the planet and privacy. For more information about circularity, ITAD services and e-waste recycling at ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit https://eridirect.com.

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