HyProMag USA finalized a lease for its Dallas-Fort Worth magnet recycling hub, advancing plans to launch US production using Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap technology by 2027.

Right-to-repair rules are pushing longevity and reuse deeper into product design, but thin hardware, device locks and weak data are still holding back progress.

A chance discovery inside a University of Alberta laboratory has developed into a Canadian cleantech project that aims to reshape hydrogen production, polymer recycling and wastewater treatment.  The finding originated in 2022 when chemistry researcher Dr. Robin Hamilton was examining new routes to convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil and noticed a reaction that he had not expected. According to...

Waste and recycling operators are heading into another year of elevated fire risk as lithium-ion batteries from electronics and disposable vapes continue to slip into waste streams, according to fire-tracking consultant Ryan Fogelman.

Four pioneers who shaped electronics recycling policy gathered for a special session at E-Scrap Conference 2025 moderated by Resource Recycling Inc. founder Jerry Powell.  Former Panasonic environmental chief David Thompson described how a Minnesota law in the early 1990s that required manufacturers to take back and recycle nickel cadmium batteries jolted Panasonic. “All of a sudden, the great state of...

During a workshop at this year’s E-Scrap Conference, the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) sketched a packed advocacy agenda for its electronics division, centering on tariffs, batteries and barriers to reuse. ReMA assistant vice president of sustainability Natalie Messer Betts said the association’s recent rebrand from ISRI was meant to help policymakers see recyclers as “sustainable, resilient and essential.”  Vice president...

Federal deregulation efforts and shifting trade rules are reshaping the outlook for electronics reuse and recycling, leaders of the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) told attendees at the E-Scrap Conference 2025 in Grapevine, Texas.

Data risk does not end when a device is unplugged or loaded onto a truck, and the confusing middle ground between office closet and shredder line carries cyber exposures, warned insurance and IT asset disposition experts at the 2025 E-Scrap Conference.

About 25 minutes' drive south of downtown Columbus on a light-industrial stretch of Frebis Avenue lies an unassuming 6,000 square-foot warehouse with a simple sign above the door that says “Marble Plastics.”  Here, tucked among other small workshops and neighboring discount retailers, materials mastermind Joseph Klatt and his team of six are turning hard-to-recycle plastics into durable, high-quality products used...

About 25 minutes' drive south of downtown Columbus on a light-industrial stretch of Frebis Avenue lies an unassuming 6,000 square-foot warehouse with a simple sign above the door that says “Marble Plastics.”