With just weeks to go before new e-scrap trading regulations take effect worldwide, companies are feeling cautiously optimistic that trade disruption will be softer than it could have been.
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As technology trade tensions between China and the U.S. escalate, bans on trading minerals used in producing LED screens, semiconductors, chips and batteries are again putting the recycling sector in the spotlight.
This year brought a welcome recovery for the ITAD market, with a return of enterprise refresh demand and rising resale values, and an industry analyst sees positive signs for 2025.
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by Colin Staub
Industry watchdogs have called on the e-scrap sector to step up to new international standards.
by Dan Holtmeyer and Marissa Heffernan
With more state laws, parts-pairing bans and manufacturer acquiescence, the right-to-repair movement enters a new phase.
by Marissa Heffernan and Colin Staub
Companies, researchers and government agencies continue to explore new ways of recovering precious and common metals.
by John Neuens
In many ways, wet processing safer, faster, and more efficient for recycling battery packs than dry processing, an industrial consultant says.
by Bodo Albrecht
Aging mines and other trends portend widespread change for the precious-metals landscape, the president of Tanaka Precious Metals (Americas) says.
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