Ghana’s infamous Agbogbloshie area has become “an international byword for ‘African e-waste dumping,'” journalist Adam Minter writes in a recent article.
Ghana’s infamous Agbogbloshie area has become “an international byword for ‘African e-waste dumping,'” journalist Adam Minter writes in a recent article.
The recovery rate for consumer electronics in the U.S. jumped sharply in 2013, but it’s unclear whether more robust data accounts for the uptick, a newly released U.S. EPA report states.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries unveiled the results of a comprehensive survey of the U.S. electronics recycling industry at the 2011 E-Scrap Conference held in Orlando, Florida.
A handful of Congress members are taking another stab at better controlling the stream of e-scrap being exported out of the U.S. to developing countries. The measure has the support of some large electronic manufacturers and environmental groups, but one recycling trade organization remains skeptical.
Coming off a year of record battery collections, Call2Recycle is now looking to expand consumer take-back points and move into more markets.
New regulations are coming for exporters of CRTs, and an e-scrap collection program in Illinois comes back strong.
Japan is anticipating a glut of solar panels, and India wants to set up e-scrap recycling facilities in every state.
At the closing general session of the 2014 ISRI Convention & Exposition, presumptive presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to over 1,000 attendees about recycling and how the industry fits into the larger U.S. and global economy, but not without some controversy.
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Apple settles accusations from California that it mishandled material from recycled electronics, and a writer says design innovation may have led to the Galaxy Note 7 battery issues.