An analysis shows alarming ground contamination from e-scrap processing in the world’s second most-populous country, and Hong Kong officials learn about e-scrap-related prosecutions.
Colt Recycling Southeast of Hickory, N.C. has achieved the R2:2013, OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications.
File Shred of Glastonbury, Conn.; Secure Destruction Service of Huntsville, Ala.; and Sims Recycling Solutions of LaVergne, Tenn. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
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An op-ed on sending CRT glass to lead smelters and the bankruptcy of New Life Electronics Recycling grabbed our readers’ attention in January.
An Indian teenager begins collecting e-scrap after becoming sick from a nearby burning site, and collection programs get off the ground in the nations of Georgia and Kenya. Continue Reading
Recycling efforts by a non-governmental organization in Mumbai are seeing some success, and experts point to consumers as the culprit for Singapore’s low recycling rates. Continue Reading
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LED lights could offer a growing source of valuable metals, and current spending offers a look at the products that could dominate the waste stream in the future. Continue Reading
An Arizona for-profit business shares electronics disassembly tips with a local nonprofit group, and a Minnesota county boosts fees it charges individuals who drop off display devices. Continue Reading
Citadel Information Management of Westmont, Ill.; Shred Northwest of Gresham, Ore.; and UltraShred Technologies of Jacksonville, Fla. have either achieved or renewed their NAID certifications for physical destruction of hard drives.
Also, Reclamere of Tyrone, Pa. has renewed its NAID certification for hard drive sanitization as well as for physical destruction of hard drives.
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Apple’s earbuds get a zero on the repairability scale, and scrap writer Adam Minter is planning another book.