State and industry leaders at the 2025 E-Scrap Conference signaled growing support for moving electronics recycling programs away from weight-based targets and toward practical convenience standards, reflecting aging state laws, lighter devices and uneven access across large regions.

Aluminum roller and recycler Novelis reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 results that reflected higher aluminum prices, but cited headwinds including tariffs, elevated scrap costs and recovery work from a September fire in Oswego, New York. The company expects tariff-mitigation measures to take effect in the next six months, including accessing more US capacity, passing through added costs to customers and continuing...

Battery recycling and energy storage firm Redwood Materials has raised $350 million in new funding led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from Nvidia’s investment arm NVentures and other investors.

Critical Materials Recycling and Paladin EnviroTech have announced the creation of a joint venture called REcapture, aimed at capturing and recycling rare earth elements from consumer, automotive and industrial electronics.

At the E-Scrap Conference in Grapevine, Texas, a small exhibit drew steady foot traffic and long pauses as students turned retired keyboards, cables and computer components into sculptures that reflected reuse and responsibility.

The opening plenary at the E-Scrap Conference in Grapevine, Texas set out five forces that are reshaping electronics recovery: rapid device change, battery risk, compliance pressure, policy updates and AI-driven data centers. 

The administrator for the UK's extended producer responsibility program for packaging has issued its first invoices to packaging producers, marking the start of a major shift in how household packaging waste is funded.

At the Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago, industry leaders said extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs for packaging are changing how the US handles residential recycling, but warned that uneven state rules will slow the transition.

Basel Action Network says US e-waste exports to Southeast Asia are surging, driven by brokers posing as recyclers but acting mainly as shippers, a “hidden tsunami” the group says that should trigger regulatory and certification reviews.

FV Recycling, a commercial and industrial recycler based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has acquired Mid America Paper Recycling of Chicago, strengthening its material brokerage and logistics network.