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Suppliers targeted for Iowa CRT stockpile cleanup costs

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Two e-scrap collectors that allegedly sent cathode ray tube glass to failed Midwest processor Recycletronics recently received demand letters from the U.S. EPA seeking compensation for more than $1.3 million in cleanup costs from Superfund remediation activities in 2022.

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Battery danger and solutions take center stage at ReMA

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After a year that recorded a notable increase in e-scrap facility battery fires, the growing hazard and ways of mitigating it received ample attention at the Recycled Materials Association’s annual conference in San Diego this week.

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iFixit launches 2-week circuit board training course

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Although the emphasis on device repairability has risen in recent years, many devices are discarded because of a circuit board failure when they are quite fixable, said Kyle Wiens, CEO of repair firm iFixit.

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FROM THE PRINT EDITION

All eyes on Basel

by Colin Staub

Industry watchdogs have called on the e-scrap sector to step up to new international standards.

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Right to repair hits its stride

by Dan Holtmeyer and Marissa Heffernan

With more state laws, parts-pairing bans and manufacturer acquiescence, the right-to-repair movement enters a new phase.

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Mining the e-scrap stream

by Marissa Heffernan and Colin Staub

Companies, researchers and government agencies continue to explore new ways of recovering precious and common metals.

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First-person Perspective: The dry-versus-wet debate of lithium battery recycling

by John Neuens

In many ways, wet processing safer, faster, and more efficient for recycling battery packs than dry processing, an industrial consultant says.

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First-person Perspective: Factors point to more recycling of precious metals

by Bodo Albrecht

Aging mines and other trends portend widespread change for the precious-metals landscape, the president of Tanaka Precious Metals (Americas) says.

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