Colin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].
E-plastics have been heavily impacted by market shifts in the past two years. | myibean/Shutterstock
A European effort is calling on consumers to push manufacturers into using recycled plastic in new electronics as a way to build end markets for the challenging material.
The e-Stewards certification standard update, titled V4.0, is slated for a Feb. 25 release. | Tashatuvango/Shutterstock
The e-Stewards e-scrap certification body is gearing up to release an update, and it’s providing certain perks to draw in operators that have not been certified to the standard previously.
The bankruptcy filing indicates Rivore Metals has between $1 million and $10 million in liabilities and less than $50,000 in assets. | Nuangthong/Shutterstock
A metals recycling company that buys and sells e-scrap recently declared bankruptcy and is reorganizing its business to remain operational.
A computer tower with a tracking device provided by the Green Tracking Service (device at lower right).
Green Tracking Service is making several changes to its GPS monitoring products, including new tracker models and more data being reported to users.
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.