Wisconsin employee collection event promotion
C ascade is excited to announce a new promotion for our Wisconsin business and institutional customers. Because of our partnership with various electronics manufacturers, we are opening up more affordable options to recycle your employees' household electronics with Cascade through the E-Cycle Wisconsin program.
Lower recycling costs for personal electronics:
We are able to offset much of the typical recycling costs due to contributions from Cascade's manufacturing partners.
Learn more about how we can partner with you on a collection event or ongoing recycling program to offer your employees a convenient, safe and affordable recycling option.
Cascade's new video
 Meet Delshae Vance and other Cascade staff in a new four minute video filmed at our facility in Madison.
The video takes you through our process to coordinate and complete IT asset retirement projects in a secure and responsible manner. This is a great way to see our operations without needing to visit us in person.
We'll be releasing more videos in the near future. Look out for them by following us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
Morgan Stanley data breach caused by recycler
 Morgan Stanley reported in July multiple data breach incidents related to devices sent to an undisclosed IT Asset Disposition vendor between 2016 to 2019. Data remained on the devices after leaving the ITAD vendor and it was unable to account for some servers that were retired from branch offices.
Morgan Stanley responded by notifying affected individuals and offering credit monitoring services. Still, the company faces at least seven class action lawsuits related to their alleged lapse in data security protocols.
This incident is a reminder of the importance of proper due diligence of vendors handling your retired IT assets. Let Cascade help assess your current program to see where your security risks can be better protected.
Learn more about this incident and how it may impact you:
- Breach Notification from Morgan Stanley
- E-Scrap News: Lawsuits pile on after ITAD vendor's data mismanagement
- NAID: The Morgan Stanley breach notification: Lessons for every electronics recycling customer
Don't leave phone trade-in value at the table
 The future likely holds more technologies that enable staff to work remotely. Whether they be smartphones, tablets, wearables, or edge computing, these insights are being driven by organizations such as yours seeking to maximize reward and minimize risk from disposition.
There are three moves you can make today with your mobile device fleet to drive major financial benefit and reduce long term risk. The first eliminates the primary reason for price erosion, enabling you to recover 30% more value. The second reduces the primary reason for device fallout to make sure more units make it to market. And the third addresses the largest liability gap with a simple security requirement to elate your CISO and compliance teams.
Learn about the moves you can make to get the most value from your retired phones.
Cascade COVID-19 updates
 Cascade remains open for business during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to take additional precautions as recommended by health officials. Keep up to date with our response to COVID-19 and any special considerations on our Business Continuity Response page.
Cascade's supply of quality refurbished computer equipment has been critical to support many organizations' and schools' distance work and learning needs as "Stay-at-Home" orders were introduced. Shop the Cascade Marketplace for laptops, desktops, phones, tablets and more. Cascade customers are eligible for a 10% discount - contact us for details.
Given the very fluid situation, Cascade is monitoring changes in health recommendations for each area we serve. To ensure we can best service your requests, please contact your Cascade representative to begin planning for future pickup needs.
Cascade's CEO, Neil Peters-Michaud, participated in a webinar hosted by i-Sigma / NAID titled, "Electronics Recycling: Success in B2B Arena Post COVID-19." Read about how Cascade and other ITAD companies are responding to COVID-19.
Virtual conference educational opportunities
 With in person conferences and trade shows cancelled this season, there are still opportunities to connect with peers and learn through virtual events. Cascade is involved in the following events:
- IAITAM ACE - International Association of IT Asset Managers Annual Conference and Exhibition: This event took place last week, but you can access content presented by Cascade at the event.
- PDS Connect - This live virtual technology event will take place on October 8th from 9:00 - 1:00 p.m. CT and is free to participate. The session titled "Welcome to the Future of Business Computing" is not to be missed.
- E-Scrap Virtual - This annual conference will be broken out of several weeks of workshops and will include a virtual trade show.
Laptop donations support Milwaukee youth
 In response to COVID-19, American Family Insurance partnered with the Sherman Phoenix, The Milky Way Tech Hub, and Connect Business Consulting of Milwaukee to develop an online curriculum for elementary and middle school students to augment their distance learning activities.
"It felt like the greatest of all gifts were being delivered to the Sherman Phoenix" said program organizer JoAnn Johnson-Sabir as Cascade delivered refurbished laptops for the program this summer. "We received 150 computers thanks to American Family Insurance and Cascade to give away!"
Participation in the program has been strong and swift. Additional laptop donations have been prepared and shipped by Cascade to support more youth.
In these times, we've found that the demand for donations of computer equipment is greater than ever. Cascade encourages our customers to help out by allowing us to direct a portion of your rebate payments or refurbished computer equipment to a worthwhile cause. Cascade can assist with this effort - we have organizations contacting us on a regular basis and would be happy to manage the entire donation process. Please let us know if we can help
Other Cascade announcements
Cascade's Self Audit Packet was recently updated on September 16. Contact us if you want a copy of the report or if you want to subscribe to updates of when the document is posted on our customer portal.
We're active on Social Media: Check out our daily updates by following us on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. Here's a sample of what we're posting:
- "Many of our customers are sending in their items with our box program. This allows them to dispose of their equipment without having us physically go out to their site reducing in person contact!"
- "If you’ve ever been curious what the inside of a printer looks like here’s an up-close view!"
- "Some items ready for resale! Check out our Marketplace and Ebay store to see what we currently have available: https://cascade-assets.com/resale/"
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