Georgia prepares to implement extended producer responsibility for electronics, and worldwide spending on IT equipment is predicted to rise.
A Pennsylvania county gets its first collection center years after the state’s electronics landfill ban was enacted, and Washington state reports lower collection weights than a year ago.
Updates to the R2 standard continue to be developed, and a large e-scrap processing facility is under construction in South Australia.
A bill axing North Carolina’s electronics recycling law has hit a stumbling block.
Regulators in California have decided to increase payments to companies participating in the state’s electronics recycling program.
A legislative fix to revamp Pennsylvania’s struggling electronics recycling program isn’t going to cut it, according to a group of five recycling stakeholders in the state.
A lawsuit from TV manufacturer Vizio that questioned the constitutionality of Connecticut’s electronics recycling law and program has been dismissed in its entirety.
A bill that would reshape New Jersey’s e-scrap program was passed late last week by members of the state’s General Assembly. Continue Reading
Minnesota is the latest state to consider updating its e-scrap recycling law.
Absolute Document Destruction of Baton Rouge, La.; Ace Data Storage of Gulfport, Miss.; Computer Recycling Center of Springfield, Mo.; RDN of Hatillo, Puerto Rico; Rock Solid Shredding of Little Rock, Ark.; Secure Shred Solutions of Carroll, Iowa; Shredall of Nottingham, England; Shredlogix of San Jose, Calif.; Shred Right (a Rohn Industries Co.) of St. Paul, Minn.; TNT Shredding of Mesa, Ariz. and Tri-State Shredding of Harrisburg, Pa. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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