The second half of 2017 saw e-scrap revenues rise for Sims Recycling Solutions, while profits fell due to European market pressures. SRS, the electronics recycling wing of publicly traded Sims Metal Management, brought in 365 million Australian dollars (currently about $284 million) between July 1 and Dec. 31, according to the latest financials released by the firm. That represented a...

John Lingelbach will be leaving his post at the helm of Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) and the R2 certification program later this year. SERI, which administers the R2 electronics recycling standard, announced the news last week in an email sent out by its board. Lingelbach had been with the group for 12 years and will remain as its executive...

Total Reclaim was fined by state regulators for storing flat-panel display devices in trailers on Seattle's Harbor Island. No longer receiving material from state electronics recycling programs in Washington and Oregon, processor Total Reclaim is attempting to weather recent regulatory hurdles and set its sights on future growth. Since September 2016, the Seattle-based firm has received just over $675,000 in...

Property owners spent millions of dollars cleaning up CRT storage sites left behind by Creative Recycling Systems. But E-Scrap News has learned much of the glass went to companies that ultimately failed and abandoned stockpiles of their own. After Florida-based Creative Recycling Systems filed for bankruptcy in September 2014, landlords in six different states - Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, North...

Credit: photosync/Shutterstock For years, India-based electronics manufacturer Videocon has served as a major outlet for recovered CRT glass. But the company now says it is taking in only "limited" tonnages through its closest North American partner, and former suppliers contend that Videocon has ceased production of new CRT devices altogether. Videocon has long received much of its material from the...

This story has been updated A new waste management plan in the Netherlands has forced Jansen Recycling, a Dutch outlet for U.S. CRT glass, to discontinue accepting material from its suppliers. The national government's plan, known as LAP3, went into effect Dec. 28 and prohibits the use of CRT glass in concrete products. Jansen, which has operations in both Dordrecht...

The owner of former CRT glass processor Global Environmental Services is set to go on trial later this month. Facing one count of conspiracy and seven counts of hazardous waste management crimes, Kenny Gravitt is expected to appear in court on Jan. 22. An amended indictment was filed against Gravitt in October, after an earlier charging document was dismissed due...

With the value of e-plastics plummeting and a major export market crumbling, North American firms are scrambling to identify ways to manage the material. Plastics from electronics have always been a tricky material to manage. Facing minimal domestic demand, sortation and contamination challenges and longstanding environmental concerns regarding flame retardants, processors of all shapes and sizes have come to rely...

E-scrap software firm Makor Solutions is spreading the word on the ins and outs of offering data security services. In a guide released last month, Makor offers a step-by-step approach to designing and running a data security program. It is the first in a series of IT asset disposition (ITAD) best practices guides the Minneapolis-based firm is planning to publish....

With the value of e-plastics plummeting and a major export market crumbling, North American firms are scrambling to identify ways to manage the material. Plastics from electronics have always been a tricky material to manage. Facing minimal domestic demand, sortation and contamination challenges and longstanding environmental concerns regarding flame retardants, processors of all shapes and sizes have come to rely...