The used and refurbished phone market is predicted to grow substantially, and a Canadian province increases its “eco fee” for the first time in its history.
The used and refurbished phone market is predicted to grow substantially, and a Canadian province increases its “eco fee” for the first time in its history.
A Pennsylvania newspaper calls for changes to the state’s electronics EPR law, and the Consumer Technology Association offers updated data on the shifting device stream.
Apex Shredding of Berthoud, Colo.; Gone for Good of Birmingham, Ala. and SecureDocs of Minneapolis have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, DMD Systems Recovery of Tempe, Ariz. and Li Tong Group of Fo Tan, Hong Kong have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for computer hard drive sanitization as well as physical destruction of hard drives.
PowerOn Services, doing business as Reuse, Inc., of Roseville, Calif. has achieved ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, OHSAS 18001:2007 and R2:2013 certification.
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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.
