Wednesday, December 19, 2012

E-Scrap News Magazine: NewsBits

## NewsBits

Online [registration](https://www.etouches.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=53239&) is now open for the **National Association of Information Destruction's Australia-New Zealand conference**. The one-day event will be held Feb. 19, in Sydney, and will cover data security and IT asset disposal best practices in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

In Lagos, **Nigeria**, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency has **impounded four containers of used electronics**, reports [_Vanguard_](http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/4-containers-of-used-electronics-impounded-at-apapa-port/). "Importers cannot use Nigeria as a dumping ground," Eunice Eze, the Lagos State coordinator of the agency, told the paper, noting that the containers would be sent back to their country of origin.

Manchester, England-based lamp recycling company **Mercury Recycling Ltd. has filed a complaint with the country's Office of Fair Trading**, claiming that Recolight, the manufacturer-funded lamp stewardship organization, is engaging in anti-competitive practices, reports [_GreenWise_](http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/recycling-firm-lodges-complaint-with-oft-over-alleged-cartel-3686.aspx).

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