Even with the tough economic times of 2016, the electronics recycling membership of a key trade association remained fairly stable.
E-Scrap News analyzed the published membership lists for 2015-16 and 2016-17 for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), and focused only on the pure-play e-scrap members (firms that are solely involved in electronics recycling).
It’s important to note, however, that many other ISRI member companies, especially some local non-ferrous scrap processors, also handle selected electronics.
Some 53 e-scrap firms in the U.S., operating 95 plants, are currently ISRI members. The number of firms is down 2Â percent from the previous year while the number of plants declined 7Â percent. New members in the past year were nearly the same in total as those not renewing.
ISRI e-scrap membership trends towards larger firms. However, the big news is that Sims Recycling Solutions and Electronics Recycling International (ERI) did not renew. These two firms are among the largest e-scrap firms in the world, and thus would have the largest dues.
