Colin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Discarded electronics are estimated to reach 122 million short tons per year around the globe by 2050. | Petra Nowack/Shutterstock
A United Nations-backed study predicts massive growth in global tonnages of end-of-life electronics, and it examines how the recycling sector can best prepare.
Two key figures in the multi-million dollar Closed Loop Refining and Recovery lawsuit spoke at this year’s E-Scrap Conference about liability for CRT cleanups. And while they differed on a few central points, they agreed that OEMs should share in the responsibility.
Server farms typically refresh their equipment every three to five years. | Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock
A data center decommissioning firm is expanding its operations, and a new company leader says this sector of the e-scrap industry will grow alongside the exponential increase in cloud computing.
EPC recently expanded into an 85,000-square-foot facility in Bethlehem, Pa. | Photo courtesy of EPC
An ITAD firm has nearly tripled the size of its Northeast operation after seeing greater demand in that region, and the company is gearing up for further expansion next year.
Open burning of e-scrap is an ongoing problem in the West Bank, as highlighted by mainstream media recently. | Peter Hermes Furian/Shutterstock
A New York Times photo essay on electronics recycling in the West Bank shows unsafe practices that experts say correlate with health problems among residents.
The bill’s sponsors have said the proposal would help to grow the domestic recycling industry. | Rolf 52/Shutterstock
Legislation limiting e-scrap exports has now been introduced in both federal legislative chambers, and in both cases the bills have bipartisan sponsorship.
The newly formed company, Quantum Lifecycle Partners, will operate eight processing facilities in four Canadian provinces. | Olivier Le Queinec/Shutterstock
GEEP Canada and the Shift Group of Companies are bringing together their e-scrap and ITAD offerings, a move they say will boost their reach across Canada.
In 2018 Fairfax County collected nearly 1.6 million pounds of scrap electronics. | Lukasz Stefanski/Shutterstock
E-scrap collection contracting in Fairfax County, Va. turned messy after the county selected a new service provider to replace its existing vendor.
Independent repair firms will soon be able to more easily tackle Apple devices. | Kevin Khoo/Shutterstock
Apple will make official repair resources for common out-of-warranty iPhone repairs available to a larger number of independent repair shops.
Recycling of rare earth metals has drawn greater attention in the e-scrap industry in recent years. | stuphipps/Shutterstock
European Union grant money will fund a rare earth metals recycling project in the U.K. The planned pilot facility will target magnets found in hard drives and other devices.