Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has signed SB 212 into law, which simplifies some of the reporting requirements under the state's bottle bill. Most residents in the state won't notice a difference, but the bill aims to ease the burden of complying with the program on small bottlers and manufacturers operating in Connecticut. Under the new rules, manufacturers who use fewer...

*Updates to this story appear at the bottom of the page* Illinois-based electronics recycling firm Intercon Solutions has become the first processor to be denied e-Stewards Certification for what the Basel Action Network says is "compelling evidence" that the company exported electronic waste to Hong Kong. In a letter to Intercon CEO Brian Brundage dated June 28, BAN executive director...

A handful of Congress members are taking another stab at better controlling the stream of e-scrap being exported out of the U.S. to developing countries. The measure has the support of some large electronic manufacturers and environmental groups, but one recycling trade organization remains skeptical. Democratic U.S. Representatives Gene Green of Texas and Mike Thompson of California introduced the Responsible...

California's e-waste recycling program has reached a new milestone: Since the legislation establishing the program became law six years ago, it has recycled its 1 billionth pound of obsolete electronics. Although California was the first state to pass an e-waste law, an article in The San Jose Mercury News points out that it remains the only to require consumers to...

A Massachusetts-based recycling firm has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that five large plastics companies and the American Chemistry Council have illegally conspired against the company, resulting in harm to its business. Evergreen Partnering Group, Inc. (EPG), a North Reading, Massachusetts company that offers a patent-pending closed-loop recycling method for polystyrene trays designed for large school systems and...

Closed Loop Refining & Recovery has completed Phase One of a new CRT glass processing expansion at its 120,000-square-foot facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The facility is equipped to process upwards of 3,000 tons of CRT glass per month and includes both CRT separation and glass processing. Closed Loop is scheduled to complete Phase Two of the roll-out in early 2011,...