This article originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   In January of 2017, Cascade Asset Management released a report that underscored a seismic shift taking place in the e-scrap industry. The Madison, Wisc.-based firm noted that on the one hand volatility in the commodities market had been continuing...

A group of Taiwanese developers has unveiled a recycling system to recover glass, indium and liquid crystal from LCD screens. The system, which was announced this week by the Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), is said to separate liquid-crystal display (LCDs) screens into the three component materials. Lu Chien-Wei, a researcher for ITRI, told E-Scrap News it could provide...

Marc Artozqui, Kuusakoski Kuusakoski Recycling has installed a new CEO to run its U.S. business as the company evaluates its operations and the evolving e-scrap marketplace. A representative at Kuusakoski U.S. confirmed in an interview with E-Scrap News this week that Marc Artozqui is replacing Rich Hipp as the company's CEO and president. Hipp had served in that role since...

After dismissing an earlier indictment because of errors, federal prosecutors have filed revised charges against Kenny Gravitt, the owner of now-closed e-scrap firm Global Environmental Services. The indictment, which was filed on Oct. 12 in the United States District Court at Lexington, Ky. and first reported on by the Kentucky-based News-Graphic newspaper, stems from the alleged illegal storage and disposal...

Regulators in California are studying a number of legislative fixes to the nation's longest-running e-scrap program, including expanding the existing consumer-funded model or going with a more commonly used system financed by OEMs. In an Oct. 11 workshop, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) noted it was time to explore solutions as the program continues to mature....

Washington state regulators have fined an electronics recycling company for the second time, alleging Total Reclaim stockpiled flat-panel devices in trailers in Seattle. Officials with the state’s Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction program say the recycling company has stored the displays, which contain hazardous materials, for longer than the 180 days allowed under the law, otherwise known as speculative accumulation....

Seattle-based processor Total Reclaim has been fined by state regulators, who allege it speculatively accumulated mercury-bearing flat-panel TVs and monitors. The $67,500 fine was announced last week by the Washington State Department of Ecology. It comes on the heels of a $444,000 fine Total Reclaim received in 2016 for exporting flat-screen devices to Hong Kong. "Total Reclaim knew it needed...

Japan's Mitsubishi Materials is planning to invest over $100 million to boost its global e-scrap processing footprint. The investment will see the firm spend up to $107 million in several new facilities in Japan and one in the Netherlands, according to a report from Nikkei Asian Review. The company is part of the Mitsubishi Group. The new plants aren't expected...

Former employees of E-Waste Systems have yet to be paid over $240,000 in court-ordered compensation. Meanwhile, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently took action against the short-lived publicly traded company. As part of two separate lawsuits, Martin Nielson, the former CEO of E-Waste Systems (EWSI), has been ordered to pay about $192,000 in wages to 12 employees of its...

There was some level of OEM influence in an e-scrap company's decision to send tens of millions of pounds of CRT glass to the ill-fated Closed Loop Refining and Recovery, statements from Kuusakoski and Sony show. Closed Loop was a downstream outlet for CRT glass that closed last year with sizable tonnages of CRT material in warehouses in Ohio and...