The collapse of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery has proven the most consequential CRT abandonment case in U.S. history, stretching on for years and costing the electronics recycling industry, landlords and taxpayers millions of dollars. Now, we're unveiling a special feature to help you track our extensive reporting on this saga in a convenient timeline format.

A Chicago resident has filed an amended lawsuit against 7-Eleven, arguing that some of the company's "recyclable" labeling is deceptive because the products lack resin identification codes. The amended complaint comes in the case of Devon Curtis v. 7-Eleven, which was originally filed on Oct. 1, 2021. A judge in September 2022 threw out many of Curtis' arguments that 7-Eleven...

Flooring market conditions have worsened faster than Mohawk Industries expected, leading to longer-than-anticipated idling of its carpet factories, the company announced. The publicly traded carpet manufacturing giant, which recycles post-consumer PET bottles into carpet, on Jan, 16 disclosed that the global residential flooring business softened more than it expected in the fourth quarter of 2022.  "In response, the Company increased...

Tennessee's largest city is increasing the frequency of its curbside collection, and it's getting some financial and technical assistance from private sector groups to help with the transition. Nashville on Jan. 11 announced it will increase the frequency of recyclables pickups from once a month to once every two weeks as part of an effort by city leaders to reduce...

A Chicago resident has filed an amended lawsuit against 7-Eleven, arguing that some of the company's "recyclable" labeling is deceptive because the products lack resin identification codes. The amended complaint comes in the case of Devon Curtis v. 7-Eleven, which was originally filed on Oct. 1, 2021. A judge in September 2022 threw out many of Curtis' arguments that 7-Eleven...

Panasonic, MRM and ERI partnered to launch a mail-in recycling program for electric shavers and trimmers, and the U.S. EPA presented a circular economy-focused session. Those were only a couple of recycling-related items to emerge from this year's Consumer Electronics Show. 

PCs for People has opened a permanent home in the Chicagoland area, allowing the nonprofit electronics processor to better address the region's gaping digital divide. 

Quantum Lifecycle Partners recycled 83.6 million pounds of e-scrap and reused nearly 410,000 assets and components during the 2022 fiscal year, according to the company's first impact report.

Last year's launch of Circular Services created a new family of varied recycling companies, yet they're all focused on a circular economy and are fueled with hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh capital.

A multi-million-dollar equipment investment is enabling a converter to recycle post-consumer PET flakes into 100% recycled content food packaging. A leader at D&W Fine Pack described the project and the benefits it will bring.