Dan Leif is the managing editor at Resource Recycling, Inc., which publishes Resource Recycling, Plastics Recycling Update and E-Scrap News. He has been with the company since 2013 and has edited different trade publications since 2006. He can be contacted at [email protected].As they look to attract more multinational clients, processors have realized they need to expand their footprints. A U.S. company’s recent move shows how strategic partnerships can fit into that international equation.
At the Electronics Reuse Conference this week, a number of speakers delivered practical tools and tips that can help refurb operations boost efficiency and profitability.
Maria Delgado-Loubriel, who runs Legie E-Scrap Recycling in Jacksonville, Fla., faces felony charges for improper management of hazardous e-scrap.
Consumers paid record prices for Apple’s iPhone X. A recent analysis shows the refurb market is doing the same.
The organization that administers the R2 e-scrap recycling standard has elevated Corey Dehmey to the executive director role. He replaces John Lingelbach, whose exit from the group was announced earlier this year.
The U.S. EPA solid waste chief during the Obama Administration is now helping to push forward circular economy principles, and some of his work could help reshape electronics recovery in developing areas of the world.
Puneet Shrivastava of Dell (left) accepts the Design for Recycling Award from ISRI Chair Mark Lewon.
Dell last week became the first two-time winner of an award that honors manufacturers that keep recyclability in mind when designing products.
