News about an automated system using lasers to dismantle e-scrap captured attention in May. | Courtesy of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology.
Readers last month were drawn to a mix of articles, covering a CRT cleanup, equipment auction, company investment, PCB dismantling technology and carbon emissions benefits.
News that circuit board processor EnviroLeach is nearing commercial scale captured clicks last month. | Courtesy of Enviroleach.
Articles about the pandemic’s impacts on the industry, as well as precious metals technology and CRT settlement stories, drew our readers’ attention last month.
The $349 billion in initial funding for the Paycheck Protection Program ran out within two weeks. | NIKCOA/Shutterstock
Electronics recycling firms and other processors across the country are looking to a federal assistance program to help them overcome cash-flow problems sparked by the coronavirus. Some have been successful, but others are running into banking complexities and tapped-out funding.
A former U.S. e-scrap executive pleads not guilty to federal charges related to business practices, and an infamous scrap site in Ghana grabs more headlines.
