Three major electronics brands recently made recycling- and repair-related announcements or released new figures on their materials recovery progress.
Colin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Three major electronics brands recently made recycling- and repair-related announcements or released new figures on their materials recovery progress.
(Left to Right) Jim Sheehan, Chief Remarketing & Sustainability, Wisetek and Stuart Fleming, CEO, Enviroserve
ITAD firm Wisetek has partnered with a Dubai-based e-scrap company, the latest example of companies from different countries joining together to serve a wider market.
Mobile device-focused processor Tech Defenders acquired an ITAD firm, a move that expands the company’s service capabilities and gives it a larger geographic footprint.
Liquid Technology’s new facility in the Chicago area.
Processing firm Liquid Technology today announced the opening of its second site: a 19,400-square-foot facility outside Chicago.
The North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C.
An e-scrap landfill ban will remain in place in North Carolina, despite recent efforts to reverse the regulation.
The move this month by 187 governments to alter a global waste treaty will mean further uncertainty for U.S. scrap plastic exports.
Technology distributor Ingram Micro has established itself in asset disposition in recent years. Now, it is rolling out a program to grow by leveraging its subcontractor companies.
Bills that mandate OEMs to release information and tools to ease electronics refurbishment have been introduced in legislatures across the country, but most of the proposals have struggled to gain traction.
A major OEM, a reverse logistics firm and a hard drive manufacturer are recovering rare earth magnets from end-of-life hard drives and shipping the metals for new hard drive production.
A handful of electronics recycling stakeholders weighed in on a federal proposal to ban certain e-scrap exports and require stringent tracking for others. Their comments were published this week.