The success of a Staten Island pilot program that allows residents to schedule e-scrap pick-ups for free has New York City officials already considering expanding the service. Free curbside pick-up is rare in the electronics recycling world. The Staten Island program, which began Oct. 17 and is run by the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), was created to counteract widespread dumping...

The success of a Staten Island pilot program that allows residents to schedule e-scrap pick-ups for free has New York City officials already considering expanding the service. The Staten Island program, which began Oct. 17 and is run by the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), was created to counteract widespread dumping in the borough and to help residents comply with New...

Nulife Glass has not yet heard from state officials on whether millions of pounds of leaded CRT material will be considered hazardous waste. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) in October tentatively moved to reject Nulife's requests for more time to recycle the material, but the New York-based smelter is hopeful the agency is reconsidering its stance. Simon Greer,...

Despite deep uncertainties in the global oil market, a firm in Indiana says it intends to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in an operation to convert auto shredder residue into diesel and gasoline. It also plans to run a more traditional recycling operation. GEP Fuel & Energy Indiana announced in late November it would build a large-scale recycling and refining operation...

At the time of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery's closure earlier this year, more than 50 million pounds of leaded CRT glass were stockpiled at company sites around Phoenix. State environmental officials now say they are dealing with that material, but it's unclear who's going to be footing the bill. According to Caroline Oppleman, a spokesperson at the Arizona Department...

Debate over state electronics recycling laws has reached new heights in recent years, and the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that help fund the programs have been at the center of the discussion. At September's E-Scrap Conference in New Orleans, OEMs from some of the world's largest electronics companies took to the stage and argued they were helping advance the recovery...

By the end of 2016, IMS Electronics Recycling will cut in half the number of processing facilities it operates. The company confirmed to E-Scrap News that it will cease operations in Atlanta and Vancouver, Wash. this year. The Atlanta location will end operations Oct. 31, and the Washington site will wind down processing later this year. The company will retain...

Nulife Glass succeeded in getting a CRT glass smelting furnace up and running in New York but is now fighting with Pennsylvania regulators who say it is stockpiling material. State officials assert Nulife has speculatively accumulated 17 million pounds of CRT material in four warehouses in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) issued a public notice on...

As the e-scrap industry has struggled to efficiently handle CRT glass in recent years, many stakeholders have held out hope that technologies could be developed to cost-effectively remove lead from the material and pave the way more CRT recycling. One company that has been a regular part of the conversation is Nulife Glass, which in 2013 began building a furnace...

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Closed Loop Refining and Recovery was founded in 2010 with a straightforward business plan. The company would address the growing need for a domestic CRT glass recycling process by introducing a technological solution. At the time, U.S. sales of new...