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Published: April 24, 2025
Updated: April 24, 2025
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The latest e-scrap industry news

Right to repair in WA and battery EPR in Nebraska
Governors in Washington and Nebraska signed e-scrap bills into law recently, giving Washingtonians the right to repair their consumer electronics and Nebraskans an extended producer responsibility program for batteries.
Right-to-repair initiative in military gains momentum
As part of a broader initiative to increase efficiency, the U.S. secretary of defense has called for the Army to include the right to repair products in its procurement contracts, adding support to previous congressional efforts.
Federal e-scrap export restriction bill introduced again
A federal bill that would restrict U.S. exports of e-scrap has re-emerged, this time as HB 2998.
E-scrap sector continues solar processing push
Electronics processors are increasingly adding solar panel recycling capacity, in some cases processing them similarly to declining streams like CRT glass and in other cases rolling out entirely new technologies, companies said in recent interviews.
Suppliers targeted for Iowa CRT stockpile cleanup costs
Two e-scrap collectors that allegedly sent cathode ray tube glass to failed Midwest processor Recycletronics recently received demand letters from the U.S. EPA seeking compensation for more than $1.3 million in cleanup costs from Superfund remediation activities in 2022.
Battery danger and solutions take center stage at ReMA
After a year that recorded a notable increase in e-scrap facility battery fires, the growing hazard and ways of mitigating it received ample attention at the Recycled Materials Association’s annual conference in San Diego this week.
iFixit launches 2-week circuit board training course
Although the emphasis on device repairability has risen in recent years, many devices are discarded because of a circuit board failure when they are quite fixable, said Kyle Wiens, CEO of repair firm iFixit.