E-Scrap News

Our top stories from July 2018

ECS Refining Facility DallasLast month, readers were most drawn to articles about the closure of ECS Refining, although they also read news about health risks for e-scrap workers and CRT disposal criminal charges.

The list below shows our top stories published in July in terms of unique page views.

1 | ECS Refining goes out of business
A national e-scrap processor that previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy will see its assets sold and over 300 jobs terminated under a plan recently approved by a federal judge.

2 | A look at the fate of material left in wake of ECS
E-scrap processor Dynamic Recycling has signed a deal to buy assets from bankrupt company ECS Refining. Meanwhile, environmental and cost complications are popping up around facility cleanup efforts.

3 | Studies quantify e-scrap workers’ exposure to toxics
Bathroom doors, a water cooler handle, a refrigerator – their surfaces carried lead, cadmium and other hazardous metals, according to studies at two e-scrap facilities.

4 | Owner of Florida processor arrested over CRTs
Maria Delgado-Loubriel, who runs Legie E-Scrap Recycling in Jacksonville, Fla., faces felony charges for improper management of hazardous e-scrap.

5 | Gravitt seeks to rescind guilty plea
A CRT recycling company owner has asked a judge to withdraw his plea of guilty to federal criminal charges.

Photo credit: Resource Recycling file photo.

 

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